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Posted: Thursday, 24 July 2008 10:56AM

TV Team Tries to Check Suitcase with Dwarf Inside

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP)  -- Swedish airport staff were not amused when a team from a TV comedy show tried to check in a suitcase with a dwarf inside.

Employees at Bromma airport called police when the dwarf hopped out of the suitcase at the check-in counter.

Police soon found that it was a stunt being filmed by a hidden camera for a program on private TV network Kanal 5.

Police spokesman Mats Eriksson says airport staff decided against filing charges even though they were ``shocked and humiliated'' by Wednesday's stunt.

Kanal 5 spokesman Dan Panas told Swedish news agency TT that the show was meant to be ``provocative and entertaining.''

He said the stunt was not meant to make fun of little people, but to make entertainment out of ``extreme situations.''

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