This is a stick up!
Published: 12 December, 2008, 13:22
A man has been arrested in the Rostov region on suspicion of holding up five shops – with a cigarette lighter.
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A man has been arrested in the Rostov region on suspicion of holding up five shops – with a cigarette lighter.