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Deadly drugs stolen from pill collection

Published on 10 December 2009 - 3:53pm
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A collection of Ecstasy tablets spanning 20 years has been stolen in the Dutch town of Eerbeek.


Some of the tablets can kill if taken. The owner, a 46-year-old man, reported to the police that he had 2,600 tablets neatly stacked in display albums of a type also used by coin collectors. The dangerous pills are coloured red and white and lack the logo usually found on Ecstasy tablets.
 

The collection's street value is between 10,000 and 12,000 euros. Ecstasy or E is a popular synthetic party drug, illegal in the Netherlands and many other countries.

 

Ecstasy tablets (Photo: Wikipedia/Datrio)

  • Photo: Wikipedia/Datrio

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Discussion

Greg Hanson 11 April 2010 - 1:15am

It's amazing how easily can some people distribute these pills and I cna't understand the people that uses them. you can never know what they contain. I have a friend who ended up in a drug addiction recovery center because his ecstasy pills contained cocaine - the dealer wanted to make sure that the clients will come back to him.Stupid world!

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