[/floatr]This year's cherry crop looks like being one of the best ever. One unfortunate consequence is that there has been an outbreak of cherry thefts with gangs stripping orchards bare at night. In one audacious raid (Japanese), 350kg of high grade cherries with a value of around one million yen were stolen in Yamagata. This came just a couple of days after a haul of 300kg was taken from an orchard in Aomori. One poor farmer lost 100kg last year and, a few days before he planned to start this year's harvest, he woke up and found that the thieves had made off with 200kg. Local agricultural cooperatives have stepped up cherry patrols to try to protect the crops.
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Invasion Of The Cherry Snatchers
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Invasion Of The Cherry Snatchers
by Mulboyne » Sun Jun 24, 2007 5:21 pm
[floatr][/floatr]This year's cherry crop looks like being one of the best ever. One unfortunate consequence is that there has been an outbreak of cherry thefts with gangs stripping orchards bare at night. In one audacious raid (Japanese), 350kg of high grade cherries with a value of around one million yen were stolen in Yamagata. This came just a couple of days after a haul of 300kg was taken from an orchard in Aomori. One poor farmer lost 100kg last year and, a few days before he planned to start this year's harvest, he woke up and found that the thieves had made off with 200kg. Local agricultural cooperatives have stepped up cherry patrols to try to protect the crops.
[/floatr]This year's cherry crop looks like being one of the best ever. One unfortunate consequence is that there has been an outbreak of cherry thefts with gangs stripping orchards bare at night. In one audacious raid (Japanese), 350kg of high grade cherries with a value of around one million yen were stolen in Yamagata. This came just a couple of days after a haul of 300kg was taken from an orchard in Aomori. One poor farmer lost 100kg last year and, a few days before he planned to start this year's harvest, he woke up and found that the thieves had made off with 200kg. Local agricultural cooperatives have stepped up cherry patrols to try to protect the crops.-
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by Behan » Sun Jun 24, 2007 6:47 pm
That's pretty ballsy because it's not like you could get into a cherry orchard, pick 350kgs of them, and then get out in a second.
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by Tsuru » Sun Jun 24, 2007 6:55 pm
"Cherry patrol" haaaaaaaaaaa 
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by Doctor Stop » Sun Jun 24, 2007 10:25 pm
I wouldn't be interested taking a 100kg farmer's cherry, never mind a 350kg farmer's, high grade or not.
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by Mulboyne » Wed Jun 25, 2008 5:13 am
This year, it's peaches:
AP: Thousands of peaches stolen from Japanese orchard
Japanese news reports suggest the haul was worth around a million yen.
AP: Thousands of peaches stolen from Japanese orchard
Thousands of peaches popular as good luck gifts for newlyweds have been stolen from an orchard near Tokyo, police said Tuesday. About 5,000 of the so-called "hanayome," or "bride" peaches, disappeared from an orchard overnight at Ubaguchi just west of Tokyo, said Masaki Kanemaru, a police spokesman in Yamanashi prefecture (state). It's believed a gang of thieves were involved in order to harvest so many in a short time. The bride peach is a special large variety that is also white inside, and is often presented to newly married couples. They have been known to retail in Japan for as much as 7,300 yen each, depending on scarcity or time of year. In Japan, peaches, cherries and melons can sometimes carry hefty price tags because they are considered luxury items and are commonly given as gifts.
Japanese news reports suggest the haul was worth around a million yen.
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