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A man carrying this sword was removed from a Connexxion bus in Den Helder, 25 Dec 2017
A man carrying this sword was removed from a Connexxion bus in Den Helder, 25 Dec 2017 - Credit: Photo: @POL_Regtop / Twitter
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Tuesday, 26 December 2017 - 12:20

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Man with sword removed from Den Helder bus

The police arrested a man carrying a sword from a Connexxion bus in Den Helder on Monday night, a community police officer said on Twitter.

The bus driver called the police because the man was misbehaving. Officers removed him from the bus. It later turned out that he left his sword on the bus. He was arrested.

"Other than that we had a quiet Christmas", officer Rolf Regtop said on Twitter.

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