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[Phoenix]

Man arrested for shooting cell phones into Swedish prison with bow and arrow
LAST UPDATE: 11/28/2004 1:14:46 AM

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Authorities in Sweden arrested a man who shot mobile phones into the yard of a high-security prison with a bow and arrows, police said Saturday.

The 25-year-old man is charged with planning to aid a prison escape and could get up to a year in jail, police said.

The suspect, whose name was not released, taped two cell phones and a battery charger to three arrows, and fired them over the 12-foot wall into Mariefred prison outside Stockholm on Friday night, police spokeswoman Susanne Abrahamsson said.

The man was not spotted by guards when he fired the arrows, but was arrested after police found his car parked about 650 feet from the prison walls, with a bow hidden underneath it, she said. After the man returned to his car, police dogs traced his scent back to the prison wall, and guards were able to find the arrows in the prison yard, where inmates go for exercise.

It was unclear which inmates were supposed to receive the phones, Abrahamsson said.

Cell phones smuggled to inmates have played a vital role in three highly publicized prison breaks in Sweden between July and September. Police suspect the inmates used them to coordinate their escapes with accomplices on the outside. All the inmates who escaped in the three prison breaks - including from Mariefred prison - were recaptured within days.

Several prison employees were later charged with smuggling phones into the prisons, which has led to more frequent searches of all prison employees.

Using a bow to get phones into prison seems to be a new technique, Abrahamsson said.

"As far as I know, this is a first," she said.

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I swear if people would just put this imagination and creativity to useful LEGAL endeavors, the world would be a much better place.

 

[bionic77]

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I swear if people would just put this imagination and creativity to useful LEGAL endeavors, the world would be a much better place.

I thought exactly the same thing. Still, pretty ingenious idea.

 

[Trakball]

Sounds like something that would've happened on Oz.

 

[Azih]

What legal use is there for tying crap to a bow and arrow and shooting it over a wall?

 

[bishoptl]

Uh, how about tying tasty, nutritious meals to arrows and shooting them at the homeless, for starters?

DUH

 

[UltimateMarioMan]

Uh, how about tying tasty, nutritious meals to arrows and shooting them at the homeless, for starters?

DUH

AT the homeless?! That might kill them you know... :lol

 

[Eminem]

speaking of the homeless, my cousin goes to michigan state. there are always a bunch of homeless people across the street from their apartment that always come over on the weekends while parties are going on and steal beer and all kinds of shit. one morning they woke up and a bum was sleeping on their couch in the living room. they chased him out with a baseball bat. so a few weeks ago my cousin, his two roommates, and 4 other people at the complex went out and bought rifle bb guns. they went to the top of their apartment and just opened fire on the bums standing/sleeping across the street. they haven't been back in a few weeks.

true story.

 

[belgurdo]

speaking of the homeless, my cousin goes to michigan state. there are always a bunch of homeless people across the street from their apartment that always come over on the weekends while parties are going on and steal beer and all kinds of shit. one morning they woke up and a bum was sleeping on their couch in the living room. they chased him out with a baseball bat. so a few weeks ago my cousin, his two roommates, and 4 other people at the complex went out and bought rifle bb guns. they went to the top of their apartment and just opened fire on the bums standing/sleeping across the street. they haven't been back in a few weeks.

true story.

Awesome. Pitch this to Rockstar for GTA6

 

[Drexon]

Stupid sweden, get a life already! This place is boring! We need ourselfs a war or something! Come on Bush, you can do it, nuke Sweden... wich btw. doesn't have a girlfriend.

 

[Jeffahn]

 

[Pochacco]

...and fired them over the 12-foot wall into...

WTF? Why didn't he just throw them over? Dude must throw like a girl or something.

 

[APerfectCircle]

Stupid sweden, get a life already! This place is boring! We need ourselfs a war or something! Come on Bush, you can do it, nuke Sweden... wich btw. doesn't have a girlfriend.

Does Sweden have oil? Just pretend you do and bush'll be right in there fighting for democracy.