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Bazaar in Warsaw Targeted by Police

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More than 100 plainclothes and uniformed police Wednesday raided Warsaw’s Rozycki bazaar, renowned for its thieves and black-marketeers, witnesses said.

The bazaar was sealed off for over two hours and several people were seen detained in a police van. Buses with riot shields and helmets were parked nearby.

A police spokesman said he had no immediate information on the raid but added that the market was “a hotbed of various criminal elements.”

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Last week, two men were caught in the bazaar with nearly 4,000 watches and more than 3,500 batteries smuggled from Austria, Polish television reported.

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