Southern California authorities confirm that three company workers have
been arrested in the theft of up to $300,000 worth of avocados. The
Ventura County Sheriff's Department says they were arrested last week
and charged with grand theft of fruit and are jailed for lack of
$250,000 bail each.
Detectives began investigating the men in May after
getting a tip that they were conducting unauthorized cash sales of
avocados from a facility in the city of Oxnard owned by Mission
Produce.The sheriff's department says the company estimates the avocado
loss at about $300,000.
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