I understand avocado dip is the biggest fad but I also didn’t realize there was an illegal market distribution either. – PB/TK
3 Produce Workers Stole $300,000 Worth of Avocados – AP / June 17 2017
Police are calling it grand theft avocado. Southern California authorities say three produce company workers have been arrested in the theft of up to $300,000 worth of avocados.
The Ventura County Sheriff’s Department says they were arrested Wednesday, charged with grand theft of fruit and are jailed for lack of $250,000 bail each.
Detectives began investigating the men in May after getting a tip that they were conducting unauthorized cash sales of avocados from a ripening facility in the city of Oxnard owned by Mission Produce.
The sheriff’s department says the company estimates the avocado loss at about $300,000. It was unclear whether the suspects have attorneys.
Continue to time.com article: http://time.com/4822860/workers-steal-avocados-california/?xid=homepage
