22 December 2008

Mosquito leads to suspected criminal

HELSINKI (AFP) – Police in Finland believe they have caught a car-thief thanks to a DNA sample taken from a sample of his blood found inside a mosquito. Last June a car was stolen... It was soon found...

"A police patrol carried out an inspection of the car and they noticed a mosquito that had sucked blood. It was sent to the laboratory for testing, which showed the blood belonged to a man who was in the police registers..."

(The suspect, however, came up with a quick alibi...) ...

[He] insisted he did not steal the car, saying he had hitchhiked and was given a lift by a man driving the car. Palomaeki said a prosecutor would decide if the evidence was solid enough for charges to be pressed.

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