DURHAM, N.C. - Police are searching for a criminal Cupid who sawed a hole in a wholesale florist's warehouse and made off with about 6,000 roses. <br>
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The deed was done early Monday at Spell Wholesale Florist. <br>
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"They crawled through like a rat," co-owner Barry Spell said as he pointed out the tire-sized hole. The suspect then kicked in a wooden interior wall and headed straight for one of two walk-in coolers inside the large warehouse. <br>
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The cooler held roses of all shapes, sizes and colors, and the thief seemed to know to take only the very best, Spell said. <br>
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The roses may be easy to trace. Spell is the exclusive distributor within a 100-mile radius of the brands of roses called Durham for Rio and Arbusta. <br>
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Spell and his brother, Mark, are asking residents to keep a lookout for street vendors hawking those brands. <br>
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"If they're standing there with roses, they better have a receipt," Barry Spell said. <br>
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