Thursday, 5. August 2004

Poisoned peppers pilfered


Spanish thieves who made off with three tons of green peppers hoping to make a healthy profit, might instead get a bad case of indigestion: the vegetables are toxic.

A farmer in the southern region of Andalusia whose field was raided by the thieves warned the peppers had been treated with a pesticide whose effects will not wear off for at least another week.

cnn

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