A thief was no match for a sunbathing Swedish policewoman, who tackled him to the ground wearing only a bikini.

The man picked the wrong women to pester as he pretended to be selling magazines for the homeless.

He swept up a mobile phone with his papers, but the theft was quickly noticed.

Mikaela Kellner, a Swedish Ninja Warrior veteran who’s been in the police force for 11 years, acted on instinct and went after him.

Kellner is also a fitness enthusiast and spends her spare time doing power-lifting and crossfit.

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