An avocado shortage is creating a ripe target for thieves

Someone is stealing avocados in New Zealand. Not just picking a handful to make guacamole for a picnic, but driving up to orchards in the dark of night, using rakes to sweep hundreds from trees, collecting them in blankets and driving off to sell them illegally at road stands, grocery stores and small restaurants in Aukland, […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/06/15/an-avocado-shortage-is-creating-a-ripe-target-for-thieves/