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An off-duty police officer went into a supermarket near Barcelona, Spain to buy groceries and ended up tackling a suspected armed robber.
The Catalan police, who patrol the region of Catalonia around Barcelona, in northeastern Spain, tweeted a video of the incident on Thursday and it has since been seen more than 220,000 times.
The video, shot by store CCTV, shows the male officer restraining the suspect from behind, forcing him to the floor, and then removing a knife from his right hand.
The suspect, aged 47, is in jail on suspicion of armed robbery. He has a prior record of similar crimes, the police said in a statement.
The off-duty officer has been with the police force, known as the Mossos, for some time, the Catalan police press office told CNN, without specifying how long.