Six people are under investigation in the Alicante municipalities of Marina Alta and Baixa over the theft of 1.5 tons of avocados. Alicante Guardia Civil officers have investigated six people over their alleged involvement in five crimes of the theft of a ton and a half of avocados, committed in different agricultural operations in the towns of Callosa d’en Sarria, Polop de la Marina, and Rafol de Almunia.
After discovering a significant increase in the reports of avocado thefts from farms in the Marina Alta and Baixa regions, Guardia Civil officers initiated investigations, during which they established that there were three separate gangs operating, carrying out thefts that amounted to around €6,000 euros.
In a statement, the ROCA unit of the Calpe Guardia Civil reported that during June and July their units had successfully carried out three open investigations to clarify several crimes of theft of avocados in the Marina Alta and Baixa regions.
Thanks to the relationship between local farmers and the ROCA units, at the end of last Winter, and into early spring, the officers detected a rise in crimes of avocado theft in the towns of Callosa d’en Sarria, Polop de la Marina, and Rafol de Almunia, with farmers reporting their concern about the threat to production.
Source: euroweeklynews.com