Is your avocado dirty? Organized gangs are stealing harvests in non-stop thefts Thieves invade property overnight, pick and pack the fruit onto a truck and drive away with easy money
Author of the article: Shari Kulha
Publishing date: Feb 22, 2021 • February 22, 2021 • 2 minute read • Stealing avocados is easy money for the unemployed, says the boss of a security company. Photo by Jose Castanares /AFP via Getty Images
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It’s called “green gold” because of its value on the international market. An avocado harvest is so valuable that now gangs of thieves are organizing to go marauding farms and orchards at night. “The thieving,” one farmer says, “has been non-stop.”