Man Arrested For Shooting Mobile Phones Into Prison With Bow And Arrow

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A MAN was arrested outside a Swedish high-security prison after shooting mobile phones into the prison yard with a bow and arrow, police said on Saturday.

The 29-year-old man, who has a criminal record, is suspected of aiding and abetting a prison escape at the Norrtaelje penitentiary just north of Stockholm, police spokeswoman Susanne Abrahamsson told AFP.

The incident, which occurred on Friday evening, comes on the heels of a series of high-profile jail breaks in Sweden. In two of those escapes, mobile phones had been smuggled into the prisons, enabling the convicts to organise their flight.

The man arrested outside the Norrtaelje prison is believed to have shot as many as five mobile phones over the prison wall.

Three arrows were found in the yard, with two phones and a battery charger taped to the arrows, Abrahamsson said.

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