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Greek Police Smash Violent Doughnut Ring
http://www.foxnews.com ^ | Published August 23, 2011 | Staff

Posted on 08/24/2011 12:22:01 PM PDT by Red Badger

THESSALONIKI – It took an undercover operation, but Greek police have blown a hole in a ring of alleged crooks who had cornered the doughnut market in a beach resort.

It started with complaints that two Bulgarian men and a former Greek wrestling champion were using violence to choke off the trade by other doughnut vendors on Paliouri beach in the Halkidiki peninsula near Thessaloniki.

So an undercover officer posed as a doughnut seller, police said Tuesday, and he was attacked, leading to the arrest of the three aggressive doughnut sellers.

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TOPICS: Food; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: doughnut
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1 posted on 08/24/2011 12:22:07 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

This time, it’s personal.


2 posted on 08/24/2011 12:24:07 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The USSR spent itself into bankruptcy and collapsed -- and aren't we on the same path now?)
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To: Red Badger
They wouldn't pull this crap in Portland...


3 posted on 08/24/2011 12:27:46 PM PDT by null and void (Day 943 of America's holiday from reality...)
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To: Red Badger

you know its bad when the doughnuts become violent...


4 posted on 08/24/2011 12:28:39 PM PDT by RitchieAprile (The Democrat Party is a continuing criminal enterprise..)
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To: Red Badger

Doughnuts cause violent behavior!

5 posted on 08/24/2011 12:29:19 PM PDT by GraceG
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To: Red Badger

Is this a joke?


6 posted on 08/24/2011 12:30:10 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Be careful of believing something just because you want it to be true.)
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To: RitchieAprile
you know its bad when the doughnuts become violent...

So many cop jokes -- so little time....

7 posted on 08/24/2011 12:31:22 PM PDT by Cowman (How can the IRS seize property without a warrant if the 4th amendment still stands?)
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To: Red Badger

Who didn’t see this coming?


8 posted on 08/24/2011 12:31:59 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

It certainly sounds like an SNL skit.


9 posted on 08/24/2011 12:34:19 PM PDT by Twotone (Marte Et Clypeo)
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To: Red Badger

Apparently there was a hole in their plan.


10 posted on 08/24/2011 12:35:15 PM PDT by PetroniusMaximus
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To: Red Badger

Are there any bagel gangs in the area?


11 posted on 08/24/2011 12:35:21 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Red Badger

Hole in the Wall Gang?


12 posted on 08/24/2011 12:35:33 PM PDT by Palmetto Patriot (How much better off would we be if these bastards would just leave us alone?)
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To: Palmetto Patriot

Apple Fritter Gang


13 posted on 08/24/2011 12:36:37 PM PDT by WOBBLY BOB (My mind is like a steel trap: rusty and illegal in 37 states.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine
Are there any bagel gangs in the area?

Jailed, under lox and key.

14 posted on 08/24/2011 12:38:34 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Red Badger

I dunno, but doughnut ring sounds kinda redundant.


15 posted on 08/24/2011 12:39:51 PM PDT by SmithL
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To: Red Badger

The Doughnuts of Paliouri Beach - To Die For!


16 posted on 08/24/2011 12:42:19 PM PDT by Palmetto Patriot (How much better off would we be if these bastards would just leave us alone?)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

The doughnut cop hit the suspect so hard his eyes glazed over.


17 posted on 08/24/2011 12:43:35 PM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: null and void
Nor in San Jose.


18 posted on 08/24/2011 12:44:33 PM PDT by atomic_dog
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To: Red Badger

They're on the case!

19 posted on 08/24/2011 12:46:15 PM PDT by Haiku Guy (If you have a right / To the service I provide / I must be a slave)
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To: Red Badger

There must be a lot of dough to be made in that business. I wonder if they had to batter a lot of people to gain control?


20 posted on 08/24/2011 12:49:54 PM PDT by RickB444 (What one receives without working for, another must work for without receiving.)
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