The men had stuffed their pockets with nuts, but an observant customer knocked them out. The gentlemen had a striking explanation: they wanted to taste the nuts, because they do not have pistachios in Georgia.
crazy about nuts
Eastern European gangs love pistachios because they are worth a lot. The NOS previously reported that twenty tons of these nuts have a value of 183,000 euros. “If you were to sell these unshelled pistachios in the supermarket in small portions, the same shipment would be worth almost double.” That explains why nuts are so popular. Pistachio thieves visit various supermarkets to steal the bags. They then try to sell the nuts on the black market.
The men have been declared undesirable aliens. “They have already served the three days in prison that the judge imposed on them,” said the Leeuwarder Courant.