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BBC News On-Line
| 03.27.03
| staff writer
Posted on 03/28/2003 6:35:53 AM PST by yankeedame
Thursday, 27 March, 2003, 15:56 GMT
Thieves net haul of canned tuna
Police are still searching for 6,120 missing giant tins of tuna A massive haul of canned tuna has been netted by thieves who swindled a food supplier, according to police. Officers have recovered 1,632 of the outsize tins, but have yet to find a further 6,120, West Midlands Police said on Thursday.
The 1,880g tins of Meteor tuna were "fraudulently obtained" from a business in Dartford, Kent, on Wednesday, a police spokesman said.
"As a result of inquiries on Tuesday of this week, officers seized part of the consignment from a warehouse in Aldridge, Walsall, where the owner had bought it in good faith," he said.
Consumers in the West Midlands who have been offered a "fishy deal" on canned tuna are urged to contact police.
The tins are all marked with the serial number BCG2884.
The investigation is being led by officers working on Operation Coppergold, a crackdown on commercial vehicle crime and warehouse theft.
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To: Archangelsk
They stole it for the halibut.
(NEWS FLASH: Last night Mrs. Shark said: "Not today...I have a haddock.")
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posted on
03/28/2003 7:00:36 AM PST
by
jraven
To: ItsOurTimeNow
HA!
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posted on
03/28/2003 7:19:17 AM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
(May it be a light for you in dark places, when all other lights go out.)
To: yankeedame
Police are still searching for 6,120 missing giant tins of tuna
Oddly enough, the thief seemed compelled to strike a pose for the security camera. 
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posted on
03/28/2003 7:21:20 AM PST
by
Cachelot
(~ In waters near you ~)
To: Jerry_M
Uh, hello... have you seen my tuna?
To: yankeedame
Police are still searching for 6,120 missing giant tins of tuna.I would recommend looking for dolphins carrying can openers.
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posted on
03/28/2003 7:33:32 AM PST
by
scouse
To: yankeedame
Hmmmmm. Somebody playing "Go Fish" in a serious way......
To: yankeedame
"Round up the usual suspects..."
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posted on
03/28/2003 7:46:10 AM PST
by
Khurkris
(Ranger On...low and slow...and keep yer damn head down.)
To: yankeedame
Garfield the scoundrel is at work here.....
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posted on
03/28/2003 7:52:12 AM PST
by
bert
(Don't Panic !)
To: jraven
They stole it for the halibut. (NEWS FLASH: Last night Mrs. Shark said: "Not today...I have a haddock.")
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Mr. Shark said, "I ain't worried. There's other fish in the sea."
Sniffed Mrs. Shark, "Sure, but honey, your bait ain't what it used to be."
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posted on
03/28/2003 7:54:22 AM PST
by
yankeedame
("Oh, I can take it, but I'd much rather dish it out.")
To: yankeedame
This didn't happen close to that Lesbian antiwar demonstration did it?
To: yankeedame
Oh dear. I asked my kitty where all those cans of fish in the basement came from. He simply said "school connections" and kept on eating.
He also cautioned me to keep quiet or we'd get tuna'd in to the authorities.
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03/28/2003 9:48:13 AM PST
by
FirstTomato
("In the end,We will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends" M L King)
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