Police Take On Rising Wave Of Tide Detergent Theft

By wtfpeople 436 days ago in Law & Politics | foxnews.com | Weird News | 2 comments

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Law enforcement officials across the US have been left baffled by a crime wave targeting an unlikely item -- Tide laundry detergent.

Theft of Tide detergent has become so rampant that some cities are setting up special task forces to stop it and retailers like CVS are taking special security precautions to lock down the liquid.

One Tide thief in West St. Paul, Minn., stole $25,000 of the product over 15 months before he was arrested last year.

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Written by nardibynature, 436 days ago.

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You should have posted the article that they link from thedaily.com. My favorite part - “We sent in an informant to buy drugs. The dealer said, ‘I don’t have drugs, but I could sell you 15 bottles of Tide,’ ” Sprague told The Daily. “Upstairs in the drug dealer’s bedroom was about 14 bottles of Tide laundry soap. We think [users] are trading it for drugs.”

Written by bizarre, 436 days ago.

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I still can't understand why theese things are on the black market when they can be bought in supermarkets. What's next? Dealers selling milk and bread