Viagra Bandit Busted In Brazil
Big news! The dread bandit has been brought to justice! After a string of more than 35 robberies of pharmacies all over Rio de Janeiro (all from the same chain of stores, by the way), the serial Viagra thief has been captured.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) - Police have arrested a man on suspicion of stealing anti-impotence drugs from dozens of pharmacies in the past year and were seeking his accomplice in what they are calling the "Viagra gang."
"One was arrested and we know the other one's identity and are looking for him," a Rio de Janeiro police spokesman said on Wednesday.
The men are suspected of holding up more than 35 pharmacies in the same drugstore chain. Police said they stole anti-impotence drugs such as Viagra as well as money from registers. The chain estimated its losses at some $220,000.
Police said the partners sold the drugs on the black market and were so successful that they drew criticism from an unlikely source — the criminal underworld.
Apparently the criminal gangs thought the Viagra bandits were drawing far too much attention to the areas they operate in. It wouldn't surprise me one bit to find out that the gangs had turned the suspects in. We just had one question:
Did the thieves vault the counter?
Crime, World news | Gaius Thursday, 27 July , 2006
By Santay, Thursday, 27 July , 2006 @ 10:02 am
Hardened criminals all, I’m sure.
By Gaius, Thursday, 27 July , 2006 @ 10:09 am
I was debating using a reference to doing hard time, too!