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Ecstasy collector's agony over stolen pills
Posted 2 hours 37 minutes ago
Thieves have stolen a gigantic collection of ecstasy which was gathered by an enthusiast over two decades and carefully stored in display albums, police said.
A total of 2,400 tablets - collected by a man who said he did not take them but was "fascinated by the pills' logos" - were stolen from Eerbeek, in the east of the Netherlands.
The pills were worth up to 12,000 euros ($19,200) and arranged in around 10 display albums normally used for coins in the man's home, from where they were taken.
Police warned that they included a batch of 40 white and red tablets that could be lethal if taken.
"The collector claims that it was a hobby," police spokesman Bert Top said.
"He is not risking anything at the moment," Mr Top said, but added that authorities were mulling the possibility of prosecuting him.
Police added that collecting ecstasy in such a fashion was prohibited.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/12/11/2768464.htm