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To: Anthony Wong who wrote (6319)	11/18/1998 5:39:00 PM
From: Anthony Wong	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9523

BBC: Dutch Viagra heist Wednesday, November 18, 1998 Published at 00:57 GMT A multi-million dollar consignment of Viagra pills, bound for Spain, was stolen in transit at the weekend in the Netherlands, police said on Tuesday. The robbers made off with millions of the anti-impotency tablets, after they had broken open a lorry in the southern Dutch village of Ittervoort. The lorry, which had been sealed by Belgian customs authorities, was packed with dozens of pallets of Viagra, and was waiting departure in a warehouse. "When the truck driver returned on Sunday night to collect his lorry after the weekend, he saw the customs seals had been broken," a warehouse a spokesperson said. The BBC's correspondent in Amsterdam, Stephen Fleay says that the trucking company has apparently under-estimated the value of the pills, put at up to $30m. It is only in recent weeks that Viagra was released as an expensive, prescription drug in the Netherlands, and black market trade in the pills is reportedly brisk, each pill trading well above the retail price. There have been fears that, like the drug Ecstasy, the anti-impotence pills would also be in demand in nightclubs or at parties. Discos are the most likely starting point for a Dutch police investigation launched into the robbery.