AS LAWMEN WERE processing three people in relation to a major sweet potatoes crop stealing ring, criminals were wrapping up the theft of over 1 000 holes of cassava from a Christ Church farm.
The revelation came yesterday from president of the Sugar Industries & Supervisors Association (SISA), Edwin O’Neal, who told the DAILY NATION that while it was good to see three arrested and hauled before the courts accused of stealing sweet potatoes, he was “not impressed” with the overall police approach to agricultural crimes.
The farm at Searles Plantation, which is part of the agricultural lands operated by the Barbados Agricultural Management Company (BAMC), has been consistently targeted by thieves in recent days.
“On April 1, somebody stole 300 holes of cassava from Searles Plantation, in Christ Church. On April 3, another 100 holes of the [root vegetable] were stolen. On April 8, 212 holes of cassava were stolen from the same plantation, and then again on Sunday night another 400 holes were stolen. All of these are reports that were made to the police,” O’Neal disclosed. (GE)
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