Here’s one that’ll go down in vegetable-crime history: a group of Florida criminals recently managed to somehow steal six tractor-trailer loads of tomatoes, as well as a truck full of cucumbers and a truckload of meat.
So why did the veg bandits (who still haven't been caught) go for food and not flatscreens? Well, for one thing, the price of tomatoes is currently sky-high in Mexico (due to a freeze). The value of the stolen produce altogether? Believe it or not, about $300,000!
Which begs the obvious question – how did they manage to pull that off? Apparently the thieves set up a fake trucking company called “E&A Transport Express” and waited for tomato prices to peak before pulling their amazing vegetable heist.
From the New York Times:
“Tomato growers said that there had been occasional thefts in the past when prices were high, but the sophistication of this trucking ring was something new.”
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