Speaking of CSI:Miami - Blood from mosquito traps Finnish suspect

[DS1]

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 in Lapua, some 380 kilometres (235 miles) north of Helsinki. It was soon found near a railway station in Seinaejoki, about 25 kilometres from where it was stolen.

"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," inspector Sakari Palomaeki told AFP.

The suspect, who has been interrogated, has insisted he did not steal the car, saying he had hitchhiked and was given a lift by a man driving the car.

They even included a handy picture of a mosquito

?x=213&y=151&xc=2&yc=1&wc=408&hc=289&q=100&sig=yYqKw94BDcR0V8sjRWd4EQ--

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/finlandcrimeoffbeat

[TZ]

1. Neat.

I guess it prooves that even blood sucking parasites can be useful now and then.