Cucumber Crime - What!?!

Well it is finally started for real here in South Australia.... Vegetable theft is common in Queensland and Northern NSW where vegetables seem to grow in a matter of days, but it has not been reported in S.A. on such a large scale. This has got me worried for all those people who buy veg. from the back of a car or a so called grower perhaps in a "Sunday Market"...

Check out the ABC story...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/08/12/2653384.htm

"Thanks to the ABC for not knowing that I've used their photo yet.... And if anyone has seen these cucumbers - I would give them a good wash and then perhaps make some nice raita to go with your Lamb Rogan Josh - Triffic!"

Even though these cucumbers that were stolen were ready for picking and some apparently were bagged and ready for sale the issue raises some interesting issues. If a thief slices open a plastic covered grow house that has been sprayed that very day with a pesticide or worse, and proceed to rip off vegetables nearing sale time and back up to the car to a boot sale, some poor shmoe is going to encounter some nasty chemicals.
Think about it: Growers know what they're doing, grocers know what they're doing, Thieves like to think they can get in on the act.

Giles