On the 27th, it was found that about 1 ton of mini tomatoes was missing at an agricultural greenhouse in Hokota City, Ibaraki Prefecture, and the police are investigating it as a theft case.
Around 7:30 am on the 27th, a farmer in Hokota City reported to the police that a large number of cherry tomatoes that had been grown in an agricultural greenhouse had disappeared.
According to the police, 4 out of 10 greenhouses had cherry tomatoes ripped off, and the damage was about 1 ton, equivalent to about 1 million yen.
When the farmer checked it around 5:30 pm on the 26th, there was no abnormality, so the police said that someone stole the cherry tomatoes from the evening of the 26th to the morning of the 27th, based on the situation at the scene. I'm looking into it and investigating.
In Hokota City, about 250 pre-harvest melons were stolen at the end of last month, and the theft of crops has occurred one after another, and the police are calling for strengthening of crime prevention measures.