At long last, the madness has come to an end. The sting was in place. The Stakes were high. And the authorities were successful. It seems that the alleged donut bullies on a beach resort in Thessaloniki, Greece have finally been arrested.

The investigation began after complaints that two Bulgarian men and a retired Greek wrestling champion were violently arresting the doughnut market on Paliouri beach in the Halkidiki peninsula near Thessaloniki. One lone, brave officer then took it upon himself to go undercover, disguised as a donut purveyor and investigate the reports. Sure enough, he was attacked by the terrible trio.

Once the dust settled, the villainous figures were placed under arrest and charged with blackmail and fraud. However, later the charges were increased to include food safety violations, “after police found they had stashed their product in an abandoned hotel that was open to the elements and used by bathers as a toilet,” reports The Huffington Post. Violence and monopolization is one thing, but dirty food? As a hypochondriac, that is definitely the real crime here.

Now, I think of myself as rather well versed, but never had I even considered the possible corruption taking place in the doughnut world. Seriously, never. I can only imagine the other areas of the food industry where deceit and wrongdoing exist! The lobster catching industry in Maine, the North Carolina Pickle Festival, maybe even the ice cream trucks down at the Jersey Shore! Man! This is bad news!

My only suggestion, and it’s highly plausible, really, is that we take the producers of America’s Most Wanted, sit ‘em down with the people behind Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives, grab Mark Summers to host, and pump some of the government’s prospering budget into the whole things, and we’ve got ourselves a new show that would track down food industry villains and criminals. It would work, for sure. If nothing else it would hook the Food Network up with another hit show, so whatever.

Via Huff Post

- Elbows