Olive oil fakers are greasing the wheels of organised crime across Europe capitalising on soaring prices caused by forest fires and heavy rain wreaking havoc with the harvest.
On Monday, police in Spain said they had intercepted an enormous shipment of 260,000 litres, 68,000 gallons, of 'high quality' oil that detectives said was actually 'unfit for human consumption'.
Some 11 people were seized in the sting, which also uncovered 91,000 euros worth of billing documents. And in Greece farmers of the precious yellow liquid have been forced to guard their groves from thieves wanting to steal the crop which has seen prices soaring.
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