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Timbits used in drive-by harassment: RCMP

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 | 7:05 AM NT

Police in western Newfoundland said drive-by pranksters chose unusual objects to throw at an unsuspecting pedestrian: Timbits.

RCMP in Deer Lake said a passenger in a vehicle threw the popular Tim Hortons snacks at a woman who was walking on Wight's Road early Tuesday morning.

The pedestrian, 20, was not able to read the vehicle's licence plate. She described the car as bronze-coloured and resembling a Trans Am.

The incident happened around 1:30 a.m.

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