Crime
WATCH | ‘It’s a full-on war’: SA's avocado farms targeted by crime syndicates
Armed syndicates mount raids on avocado pear farms
03 January 2021 - 00:00
In the dead of night, an armed security guard makes his rounds. His job is to safeguard valuable stock targeted by crime syndicates.
The object of his protection is not a fleet of vehicles, a warehouse of electronics or a vault of jewellery. It is an orchard of avocado pears, dubbed “green gold”...
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