Border Cops seized 162 kg. of avocados suspected of getting been stolen from agricultural fields close to the neighborhood of Yesodot in central Israel on Tuesday, police stated.
Throughout an operation by Central District Border Cops, the troops observed a suspicious automobile in one of many agricultural areas close to Yesodot, situated within the Nahal Sorek Regional Council.
After inspecting the automobile, officers discovered a big amount of avocados within the trunk that they suspected had been stolen. Additionally they recognized a suspect close to the automobile and detained him.
A consultant of the neighborhood was referred to as to the scene and decided that the avocados had been of a spread grown in Yesodot’s agricultural fields. After the produce was weighed, officers discovered that it totaled 162 kg.
The suspect was arrested and transferred for additional questioning. The automobile and the produce had been additionally seized.
The incident highlights ongoing issues amongst farmers within the space over the theft of agricultural produce, significantly during times when fields are filled with crops able to be harvested.
For farmers, such thefts imply not solely the lack of produce, but in addition monetary injury and the lack of the work invested in rising the crops all through the season.
