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Cucumber thefts baffle police

Police in an Australian city have been left baffled by a spate of cucumber thefts.

More than £5,000 worth of the vegetable have gone missing from allotments and gardens in Adelaide in the past three months.

In the latest of the 11 raids, 50 bags of cucumbers were stolen from a greenhouse. Police, who admit they have very few leads, have appealed to the public for help.

Chief Inspector Kym Zander said: “We’re having difficulty establishing where they’re going,” he said. “It’s obvious or evident that it is somebody in the know to establish which glasshouse is growing cucumbers, tomatoes, etc.

Insp Zander admitted that even if police could trace the missing vegetables, it would be hard to determine which ones were stolen.

“The issue with the cucumber is how do you and I tell who owns a different cucumber?”

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