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| Turkish Cucumbers. Photo: beautifulcataya, Flickr |
According to ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), cucumber capers have targeted market farmers in Adelaide over the past three months, stealing more than $10,000 worth of the popular vegetable.
"It's certainly a unique theft," Chief Inspector Kym Zander told ABC.
Few leads are reported at this point, but police are speculating as to all possible motives, including the case of a jealous farmer.
"We're looking at the possibility that it may be a grower that's had a failed crop and he's substituting through theft," Zander said.
Police do believe the timing of the thefts shows the thieves are in the know.
"Somebody has the knowledge that cucumbers are being picked at the appropriate time, they're being stored in boxes, buckets or bags -- and overnight the thefts are occurring," Zander tells ABC News reporter Pete McDonald.
Even if there was a lead, Zander admits it is hard to determine which cucumbers are the stolen ones.
Embezzled cukes could be sold right under investigator's noses at local grocery stores and markets, as there is no way to detect a cucumber's origin.
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