Thieves steal up to $8,000 worth of strawberries from Swedish farm
According to Fredrik Hörenius, who owns the Ulva-Gubben strawberry picking spot, 50-70,000 kronor ($6,000-8,200) worth of the fruit was taken, which he claimed would have required between 15 and 20 people to pull off.
It's perhaps no coincidence that there is a strawberry shortage in Sweden this year, driving demand and by extension prices of the local varieties up. And it seems Swedes will go to desperate lengths to get their hands on their favourite summer snack – as past examples prove.
The Uppsala strawberry farmer who lost out this year will now be forced to have a guard on duty more often, after previously using one to fend off earlier theft attempts in the build-up to Midsummer – the biggest Swedish strawberry celebration of all.
source: thelocal.se
