Thieves make off with farmer’s entire artichoke crop

A LARNACA farmer reported to police that unknown individuals had stolen his crop of 1,500 artichokes worth some €3,000.

Panayiotis Aristodimou discovered the theft in his Alaminos field on Saturday.

The artichokes were earmarked to be put on the market two days ago on Green Monday.

Authorities suspect the theft was the work of a group of people who carried the crops to an adjacent field where they had hidden their truck.

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