Thieves boldly stole more than 1 ton of ginger, a Lam Dong farmer lost nearly 20 million VND

On September 21, Mr. Nguyen Van Tuan (29 years old, Hoai Duc commune, Lam Ha district, Lam Dong province) said that he had just had 11 ginger plots stolen by thieves, estimated to be about 1.5 tons of fresh ginger.

Mr. Nguyen Van Tuan, a farmer in Hoai Duc commune, Lam Ha district (Lam Dong province) at a plot of land where ginger was stolen by thieves.

Mr. Tuan said that he rented 1.4 hectares of land in Phuc Tan village (Phuc Tho commune, Lam Ha district) to grow ginger. Up to now, his family's ginger garden is growing well, about 2 months from now it will be ready for harvest but was stolen by thieves.

"On September 20, I sent a worker to dig up the ginger roots, then a neighbor near the garden reported that someone had stolen the ginger. After that, my worker called and I went to check the ginger garden.

After checking the ginger garden, I discovered that 11 plots of ginger (estimated at about 1,000 square meters) had been stolen by thieves.

Of these, the thieves broke off about 8 of the roots, leaving the remaining 3 without taking any roots. After that, my family cut the ginger roots from the remaining 3 plots and got nearly 500kg," said Mr. Tuan.

11 plots of ginger land (estimated at about 1,000m2) of Mr. Tuan were stolen by thieves.

A ginger growing area was stolen by thieves but the roots were not taken yet.

Mr. Tuan added that the 8 plots of ginger that were stolen by thieves were estimated to weigh about 1.5 tons. Meanwhile, it will take about 2 months for Mr. Tuan to harvest. If given enough time, the 1,000 square meters above will yield 4-5 tons of tubers.

With the current price of ginger at around 13,000 VND/kg, Mr. Tuan has lost nearly 20 million VND.

The ginger garden owner also commented that with about 1.5 tons of ginger above, the thieves would have to pack it in about 20 bags.

Therefore, the ginger theft must be a group of people, 1 to 2 people can hardly take that amount of ginger out. In particular, Mr. Tuan's ginger garden is located right in the center of Phuc Tho commune, so the ginger thieves are very bold.

After being pulled out, the ginger is cut and transported outside.

After discovering the incident, Mr. Tuan reported it to the Phuc Tho Commune Police. On September 20, leaders of the Phuc Tho Commune Police came to the scene and worked with Mr. Tuan to verify and clarify the incident.

Currently, to ensure that his ginger garden does not continue to be stolen, Mr. Tuan has had to assign someone to sleep in the house in the garden to guard it.

To prevent ginger theft, Mr. Tuan had to assign people to sleep in the house in the ginger garden.

Source: https://danviet.vn/ke-gian-manh-dong-nho-trom-hon-1-tan-gung-mot-nong-dan-lam-dong-thiet-hai-gan-20-trieu-dong-20240921170743306.htm