A man in Kedah who poked fun at the police on social media found out the hard way that the men in blue did not share his sense of humour.

The 50-year-old self-employed man had posted a caricature on Facebook of two uniformed police officers wearing make-up and carrying women's handbags at an airport.

Apparently, many did not find the caricature funny as 38 police reports were lodged against him nationwide, according to Kedah police chief Adzli Abu Shah.

Adzli said the man was detained yesterday, and a mobile phone believed to have been used to make the post was also seized, Bernama reported him as saying.