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The market-leading detergent usually can command a premium price at the checkout counter, up to $20 for a 150-ounce bottle. But when sold by a thief, it can go for only $5 or $10.

Whether you steal a bottle of Tide from Wal-Mart, purloin it from another patron at the local laundromat, or pinch it from your next-door neighbor’s porch, you’re likely to face the same sentence.

Criminals tend to pilfer products that are small and expensive -- razor blades, infant formula, gift cards, teeth whitening products, cosmetics, and over-the-counter medications, for instance.

Police near Washington, D.C. raided the home of a drug dealer, and found cocaine and nearly 20 large bottles of Tide. Thieves love to steal the detergent because it is easily sold on the black market.

The proffered reasons behind the Tide crime wave were that laundry detergent is a household staple with a relatively high price ($10 to $20 a bottle) which is easily resold to consumers (or other ...

Tide bottles have become ad hoc street currency, with a 150-ounce bottle going for either $5 cash or $10 worth of weed or crack cocaine. On certain corners, the detergent has earned a new nickname ...

CVS has placed security devices on Tide bottles that will trigger an alarm if a shoplifter tries to remove it from the store, a spokesman said.

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Criminals steal the strangest things. Like, there is apparently a national black market for Tide, to the point that one man was busted for stealing over $25,000 of the detergent over 15 months ...

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