Popular Kujo Leek 1 ton or more stolen Kyoto February 13 15:12
Kujo green onion, a popular vegetable throughout the country, has been stolen at least one ton or more from the fields of farmers in Kyoto since October last year, and police are investigating the same crime as theft. .
According to the investigators, since October last year, specially made Kujo green onions have been stolen from farmers' fields in Kyoto, Joyo, Kyotanabe and Kumiyama-cho.
A total of more than 1 ton of damage has been confirmed in at least 5 farmhouses in Kyoto Prefecture, and the total amount of damage is more than 1 million yen.
Kujo green onion, which is characterized by its unique sweetness and softness, is popular nationwide as a brand ingredient. According to JA Kyoto, adults ship about 1,400 tons annually in Kyoto Prefecture and have sold over 700 million yen. .
Police are investigating the stolen Kujo green onions as if they were theft by the same criminal, because they all have similar techniques, such as being harvested from the root.
JA Kyoto Yamashiro in Kyotanabe City is taking measures to share information after alerting farmers in response to successive thefts.
Damaged farmer "I did my best to take care of it"
Takeshi Sano, a farmer who grows Kujo green onions in a three-hectare field in Kumiyama-cho, Kyoto Prefecture, was stolen last November.
When Mr. Sano went to the field in the morning, the harvested green onion was cut about 20 meters from the base and about 600 kilos were stolen four times in total.
According to Mr. Sano, during the stolen period, the price of Kujo green onion was just soaring. I was so troubled that I couldn't do it, and I really don't really want to steal people's things. "