date:Nov 28, 2019
ortage of manpower and dwindling numbers of younger residents now having to contend with thefts that threaten their very livelihoods.
There have been reports of farmers banding together around harvest time to patrol fields and orchards to make sure their crops are not stolen, while some have even started to deploy drones equipped with video cameras in an effort to keep an eye on their produce as it ripens.
Yet arrests and convictions are few and far between. Police investigating the recent t