Police in an Australian city have been left baffled by a spate of thefts - of cucumbers.
More than £5,000 worth of the salad vegetable have gone missing from allotments and gardens in Adelaide in the past three months.
In the latest of the 11 raids, 50 bags of cucumbers were stolen from a greenhouse. Police, who admit they have very few leads, have appealed to the public for help.
Chief Inspector Kym Zander said the crimes were certainly "unique".
"We're having difficulty establishing where they're going," he said. "It's obvious or evident that it is somebody in the know to establish which glasshouse is growing cucumbers, tomatoes, etc.
"We find that the cucumbers are being picked, they're being either packed in bags or in buckets ready for the market the next morning and when the growers turn up with their vehicles the glasshouse is bare."
Insp Zander admitted that even if police could trace the missing vegetables, it would be hard to determine which ones were stolen.
"The issue with the cucumber is how do you and I tell who owns a different cucumber?"
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