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muriel_volestrangler

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Mon Feb 17, 2020, 05:26 AM Feb 2020

Coronavirus: Armed robbers steal hundreds of toilet rolls in Hong Kong [View all]

Toilet rolls are currently in short supply in Hong Kong due to shortages caused by panic-buying during the coronavirus outbreak.

Knife wielding men robbed a delivery man outside a supermarket in the Mong Kok district, police said.

Police have arrested two men and recovered some of the stolen loo rolls, local media reports
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An Apple Daily report said that 600 toilet paper rolls, valued at around HKD1,695 ($218; £167), had been stolen.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-51527043
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They probably left a paper trail. nt Laffy Kat Feb 2020 #1
Good one! democratisphere Feb 2020 #2
Ha! llmart Feb 2020 #3
Oblivious Idiot. democratisphere Feb 2020 #4
Well, he is a one-man freakshow. llmart Feb 2020 #5
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