Man gets robbed by dealers in Reykjavik suburb
A man who was seeking to buy drugs from strangers in Breiðholt , a district of Reykjavik got robbed instead by the dealers who threatened him with a knife and took his money and then drove away.
This is reported by the Reykjavik Metropolitan Police.
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