How do you say “the police can't arrest the suspect without evidence” in German?

Here's the answer:

“die Polizei kann den Verdächtigen nicht ohne Beweise verhaften”

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  • die Polizei kann ohne Beweise den Verdächtigen nicht verhaften
  • ohne Beweise kann die Polizei den Verdächtigen nicht verhaften

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