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Retrieving the Evidence

At least he got a meal out of it.

An Indian suspect was forced by police to eat 50 bananas as a laxative, to retrieve a necklace he was accused of stealing and swallowing.

When the bananas failed to produce the desired effect, police fed Sheikh Mohsin rice, chicken and local bread.

Finally the necklace, which appeared on an X-ray taken on the suspect, was excreted and retrieved.

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A sweeper was paid to retrieve the exhibit from the toilet. Mr Mohsin was asked to wash it.

Posted by Owen at 1246 hrs
Foreign Affairs + Law

1. This, too, shall pass.

   Posted by pdigaudio on August 05, 2007 at 1642 hrs
   
   
   

2. Was the good cop the first twenty five bananas and the bad cop the last twenty five?  “Forty six didn’t work?  Rocko, maybe he would like another.  Heh!”  Or did the bad cop come up with changing tactics to chicken and rice?

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on August 06, 2007 at 0848 hrs
   
   
   

3. I always thought one of the ways to stop overactive bowels was to eat bananas as the starchiness plugged things up. Hmmmm.

   Indian newspapers are precious!

   I recall seeing one story out of India headlined “Indian Butchers Selling Family Jewels to Eat”! Some muni prohibited the butchering of cows and the butchers depended on that business for their livelihoods. So to make ends meat they were selling their precious stones, like jade, lapis-luzili, rubies etc and not parts of their genetic anatomy.

   I clipped that story out of the paper and attempted to fax it to friends, but unfortunately I did not file it away. I would love to have that clipping.

   Posted by Marcus Aurelius on August 06, 2007 at 0921 hrs
   
   
   

4. Shoulda fed him prunes.

   Posted by pdigaudio on August 06, 2007 at 1820 hrs
   
   
   

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