ROANOKE TIMES 

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: TUESDAY, March 20, 1990                   TAG: 9003202709
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: RICHMOND                                LENGTH: Short

SYRINGES FOUND IN SOUP SOLD AT STORE COUNTERS

Richmond-area grocery stores closed their self-service soup counters Monday after cocaine-tainted syringes were found in soup kettles in three suburban stores.

Public health officials asked the stores to close the soup counters.

The first syringe was discovered last Tuesday in a kettle of prepared soup in a Ukrop's store in Chesterfield County. Two more used syringes were found in soup containers in two other stores Saturday morning.

- Associated Press 


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