Cucumber crop destruction costly

Published: 09:11:32 AM, Tue 12 February 2013 UTC

Police are investigating destruction of a cucumber crop on Adelaide's northern outskirts.

They said 700 cucumber vines were pulled out in a greenhouse near Arbequina road at Virginia, some time between Sunday night and Monday morning.

All the plants died, resulting in a crop loss of about $7,000.

Police said it would have taken a considerable time to pull out all the vines.

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