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Cops try to ketchup with gangs; WARNING.


A NEW breed of European crooks squirt tomato sauce over victims before robbing them, a police expert warned yesterday.

John Grant, crime prevention manager at Kent Police, said thieves List of Thieves. Famous
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 from Greece and Spain use a bottle of ketchup to divert di·vert  
v. di·vert·ed, di·vert·ing, di·verts

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1. To turn aside from a course or direction: Traffic was diverted around the scene of the accident.

2.
 people's attention while they grab bags.

He revealed that criminals from Europe are taking advantage of cheap airfares to fly into the UK and attack and rob people - especially the elderly.

Mr Grant added: "If they are working in twos, one will squirt the sauce while the other will offer to hold the victim's bag or jacket as they clean themselves up and then run off with their property."
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Publication:The Mirror (London, England)
Date:Aug 15, 2009
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