Freshly harvested Koshihikari 750 kg stolen Ibaraki Tsukuba November 10 1:18
Police are investigating a theft case after finding that 750 kg of freshly harvested Koshihikari brown rice has disappeared from a farmhouse barn in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture.
According to police, around 8 pm on the 9th, a 71-year-old farmer in Tsukuba reported that "brown rice had been stolen from the barn," and when he investigated it, 30 kg of rice was harvested in a bag. It means that 25 bags of fresh Koshihikari brown rice, totaling 750 kg, were gone.
The amount of lost rice was about 200,000 yen, and it was stored in a locked state in the barn on the premises of the man's house after harvesting, but the window glass on the first floor was broken and the key Was opened.
When a neighbor contacted me that a rice bag with the man's name was on the road, the man checked the barn and noticed that the rice was running out.
The police are investigating the case as a theft case in which someone invaded the barn and stole the rice, and cautioned that the security measures should be strengthened by installing a light with a sensor in the storage place such as new rice. I will.