Dutch police link Bob the Builder sock to arsonist

THANKS to a Bob the Builder sock, police in the Dutch town of ’t Zandt have arrested a suspect for a string of arson attacks.

The 20-year-old man was caught red-handed late on Tuesday. With help from Amsterdam police and infrared cameras from the Dutch army, police say they were able to arrest the man in the northern village of 900, which has had 17 homes, sheds and buildings set on fire.

Local police showed the children’s sock, found at one of the arson sites, on television, which resulted in leads that narrowed the list of suspects.