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    Greek police smash violent doughnut ring

    THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — 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.

    As a result, they have been charged with blackmail and fraud. They also were charged with food safety violations after police found they had stashed their product in an abandoned hotel that was open to the elements and used by bathers as a toilet.

     

    398 comments

    • RipCurrent  •  9 mths ago
      Wow! Did the cops bring their coffee? I just cant see crooks cornering the doughnut market and using violence to keep the competition away. Now they have to call in the vice squad to break up a doughnut ring.
    • RBB  •  9 mths ago
      They also were charged with food safety violations after police found they had stashed their product in an abandoned hotel that was open to the elements and used by bathers as a toilet.

      Greek people so use to eating things from the toilet the Greek government gives them and calls food they never noticed the donuts were made from the same stuff
    • none  •  9 mths ago
      Greek police smash violent doughnut ring? what the hell is a doughnut ring and how are supposed to eat with?
    • Peace  •  9 mths ago
      Bankrupt greeks must be bored.
      Why don't they beg for money from Somalia next?
    • J D  •  9 mths ago
      Come on, we know one of the culprits' name must've been Homer...Dought! And in Greece.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  9 mths ago
      That story is full of holes!!
    • Sturgis48  •  9 mths ago
      Thats the funniest headline Ive ever seen on here !
    • Paul  •  9 mths ago
      Hey ! Hey you, your gonna buy this doughnut or else ! maybe even buy some to take home to the Mrs. what do you say ?
    • fiddleronthe roof  •  9 mths ago
      This is way to funny to comment!
    • sagehopper  •  9 mths ago
      How do you say 'Dunkin' Donuts" in Greek?
    • Turk E.  •  9 mths ago
      If this isn't turned into a feature film someone is missing an opportunity. I'm thinking Adam Sandler, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Hulk Hogan.
    • Eagle  •  9 mths ago
      The Bulgarian thugs pummeled their hapless competitors while they were held immobile by the Greek wrestler with his famous "Donut Hold."
    • Harold  •  9 mths ago
      Doughnut ringleader Homer Simpson made only one statement made after his arrest and was quoted as saying "DOH!!!!!"
    • Maple Syrup Mafia  •  9 mths ago
      Go to any Dunkin Dounts on Mondays at 8 AM and watch people in line kill each other over the last drop of coffee.
    • SOOPER NAZI RABBI  •  9 mths ago
      OMG, it's the Greek donut mob gang! Two Bulgarians and a greek wrestler. Sounds a little kinky to me.
    • ed  •  9 mths ago
      A Bulgarian , a Greek wrestling champion , and an undercover cop go into a doughnut shop....stop me if you've heard this.......
    • RipCurrent  •  9 mths ago
      You would think they were selling meth.Were the doughnuts sprinkled with crack?I just cant contemplate aggressive doughnut sellers but evidently its an escalating problem in Greece.Greek police dont like doughnuts so much that they are smashing the ring? Or blowing a hole in a ring of doughnut crooks.
    • Think it Through  •  9 mths ago
      This hole thing just frosts me. Why can't people just worry about their own dough?
    • James  •  9 mths ago
      Is this Yahoo! News or The Onion??...
    • ed  •  9 mths ago
      Cops and there doughnuts
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