It was shortly after lunch that the man disappeared from the police station.

What he is suspected of or possibly has been convicted of before, police spokeswoman Anna Göransson says she does not know.

- Unfortunately, I do not have more information than that, she says.

- It is a man who has been in police custody and for unknown reasons managed to get out of the police station in Uddevalla.

He is wanted and we have a large search effort to try to locate him, she continues.

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The scope of the search effort indicates that it may be a man who is suspected of a more serious crime.

He is said to be in his 35s and was wearing dark clothes when he disappeared.

Possibly he was barefoot, or he wore white slippers.

The police write on their website that tips are gratefully received via the police switchboard.