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Cops hunt dwarf thieves ('People of limited stature' hidden in luggage, steal from passengers)
The Sun (U.K.) ^ | January 23, 2008 | Pete Bell

Posted on 01/23/2008 5:49:12 AM PST by Stoat

Dwarf

Little person ... a dwarf

 

 

Cops hunt dwarf thieves

 

By PETE BELL

Published: Today

 
 
 
 

A GANG of crooks is robbing long-distance coaches by smuggling dwarves into their holds inside sports bags.

Once inside the buses the tiny thieves slip out from their hiding place to rifle through the belongings of travellers above them.

They then take their loot back to their hiding place and wait to be collected by another gang member when the coach reaches its destination.

The gang has stolen thousands of pounds in cash, gems and other valuables over the past several months.

Swebus, which operates coach services across Sweden, confirmed the losses.

“We think it is a short, young person, dwarves or perhaps children,” said Ingvar Ryggasjo, sales manager for Swebus.

“We are taking extra security measures and are thinking of installing video surveillance cameras.”

He said on one occasion a light-fingered little person was smuggled aboard a bus in a hockey bag.

One woman reported seeing two men squeezing the large, heavy bag into the luggage space under the bus. After arriving she found a camera, purse and other items missing.

Police are quizzing “people of limited stature” with criminal records, according to a spokesman in Stockholm.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: crime; criminals; dwarfcrime; dwarfmafia; dwarves; evilswedishdwarves; freepun; sweden
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To: Stoat

Go ahead, take the day off. Tell the boss I said it was OK.

};^)


21 posted on 01/23/2008 6:12:17 AM PST by Roccus (Nose-holder voter)
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To: Red Badger
What’s the difference between a dwarf and a midget?

A dwarf is a tough midget.
22 posted on 01/23/2008 6:18:15 AM PST by Thrownatbirth (.....Iraq Invasion fan since '91.)
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To: Red Badger

I understand a midget is a perfectly formed little person.


23 posted on 01/23/2008 6:18:32 AM PST by tillacum (The only way to vote is REPUBLICAN, no matter what. We've got to win.)
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To: gr8eman

Midgets are short but normally proportioned.


24 posted on 01/23/2008 6:20:14 AM PST by Tribune7 (How is inflicting pain and death on an innocent, helpless human being for profit, moral?)
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To: xsmommy; NeoCaveman; VRWCmember; tioga

Yoohoo!


25 posted on 01/23/2008 6:20:29 AM PST by CholeraJoe (Not to discount the sexual prowess of the rabbit, BUT, there's a reason it's not called BUNNY STYLE.)
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To: Thrownatbirth

A dwarf is a tough midget.”

Correct, but I would add tough and bearded.

Did you see a race of midgets in Lord of the Rings? I don’t think so, so that settles that....


26 posted on 01/23/2008 6:20:48 AM PST by ConservativeDude
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To: tillacum

Yes, it is a anachronistic term nowadays and is politically incorrect......


27 posted on 01/23/2008 6:21:17 AM PST by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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To: Deaf Smith

No dirt tracks for these babies!......

28 posted on 01/23/2008 6:22:50 AM PST by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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To: ConservativeDude
Did you see a race of midgets in Lord of the Rings?

Who won?.......

29 posted on 01/23/2008 6:23:33 AM PST by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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To: ConservativeDude
Did you see a race of midgets in Lord of the Rings?

Yes, but everybody called them "Hobbits".

30 posted on 01/23/2008 6:23:48 AM PST by VRWCmember (Romney 2008 - The most palatable RINO left in the race)
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To: Cheburashka
Short People Lyrics
By Randy Newman

Short People got no reason
Short People got no reason
Short People got no reason
To live

They got little hands
And little eyes
And they walk around
Tellin' great big lies
They got little noses
And tiny little teeth
They wear platform shoes
On their nasty little feet

Well, I don't want no Short People
Don't want no Short People
Don't want no Short People
Round here

...

They got little baby legs
And they stand so low
You got to pick 'em up
Just to say hello
They got little cars
That go beep, beep, beep
They got little voices
Goin' peep, peep, peep
They got grubby little fingers
And dirty little minds
They're gonna get you every time
Well, I don't want no Short People
Don't want no Short People
Don't want no Short People
'Round here ...
31 posted on 01/23/2008 6:29:01 AM PST by G.Mason (And what is intelligence if not the craft of out-thinking our adversaries?)
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To: Deaf Smith

Great racing, too!


32 posted on 01/23/2008 6:35:06 AM PST by popdonnelly (Get Reid. Salazar, and Harkin out of the Senate.)
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To: Red Badger

Ha! True, dirt tracks are reserved for race cars ;)


33 posted on 01/23/2008 6:38:15 AM PST by popdonnelly (Get Reid. Salazar, and Harkin out of the Senate.)
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To: Stoat

“Da plane, Boss! Da plane!, er,,,Da bus, Boss! Da bus!”


34 posted on 01/23/2008 6:52:31 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: gr8eman
What’s the difference between a dwarf and a midget?

Dwarf = Vertically challenged

Midget = Um, well, in men it is horizontally challenged.

35 posted on 01/23/2008 6:57:28 AM PST by N. Theknow (Kennedys: Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat; but they know what's best for us)
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To: Stoat; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
Police have released this composite image of the perp:



36 posted on 01/23/2008 7:25:06 AM PST by Slings and Arrows ("Those who surrender personal liberty for lower global temperatures will receive neither."--weegee)
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To: Stoat; mikrofon; Charles Henrickson; The Spirit Of Allegiance
Swebus, which operates coach services across Sweden, confirmed the losses.

They acknowledged coming up short.

37 posted on 01/23/2008 7:27:28 AM PST by martin_fierro (Small-time crooks)
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To: Stoat
"coach reaches its destination"

I guess I need some coffee. I first read that as "cock roach reaches its destination".. LOL

38 posted on 01/23/2008 7:28:04 AM PST by Freedom2specul8 (Please pray for our troops.... http://anyservicemember.navy.mil/)
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To: martin_fierro

TIME BANDITS!


39 posted on 01/23/2008 7:28:53 AM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: glide625; humblegunner; Allegra; pax_et_bonum; Bacon Man; Hap; Lazamataz

This is freakin’ HILARIOUS!


40 posted on 01/23/2008 7:31:57 AM PST by Xenalyte (Can you count, suckas? I say the future is ours . . . if you can count.)
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