80-year-old Polish temptress 'drugged, swindled suitors'

Polish authorities have arrested an 80-year-old woman who allegedly drugged and then robbed a string of senior citizen suitors she met through newspaper lonely hearts adverts. During dinner, the predatory pensioner sprinkled lorazepam -- a drug prescribed to treat anxiety but which induces sleep -- onto her victim's food, a regional court in Brzesko, southern Poland, heard. In one case, she stole 8,000 zloty (1,800 euros, $2,000) in jewellery, electronics and cash from a 78-year-old who had invited her to his home in the nearby village of Szczurow, the online edition of the Polska Times reported Tuesday.

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