May–July Toronto At least four […]

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1981-05 – 1981-07

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May–July Toronto At least four Toronto men fell victim to the "Barbiturate Bandit," also known as the "Mickey Finn robber." Saban Dreas, thirty-four, a Yugoslav immigrant to the United States, went on a crime spree throughout North America for much of 1981. Good-looking and friendly, Dreas would approach gay men on the street and talk his way into their home. After drugging them with a combination of Pyribenzamine (an antihistamine), and chloral hydrate (a sedative), he stripped their homes of cash, jewellery, and other valuables. Dreas was captured by police in San Francisco on January 28, 1982.

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San Francisco United States of America Toronto

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Saban Dreas

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Bill Loos, "Drug-bandit Suspect Found," Body Politic, no. 81 (1982), p. 13.

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Saban Dreas

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