Hedge veg thief ‘stocks own stall with ill-gotten gains’

Tony Hobbs says that after 20 years of selling veg on the hedge, he has devised ways of catching thieves. (Picture by Steve Sarre, 0920236)
HEDGE veg suppliers have been losing out to a thief who has reportedly been re-selling the produce he has stolen.

The Guernsey Press has received reports of incidents in which an unknown islander had been taking large quantities of produce, including flowers, without paying and then selling it at their own stall.
Police confirmed that they were investigating the suspicions, but no one has yet been arrested.
Tony Hobbs, who has a stall in Les Abreuveurs Road, St Sampson’s, has suffered losses.
‘People have been talking about it and I know that the person has taken some of my potatoes, but thankfully it stopped,’ he said.
‘I’m lucky because they have only taken about £10- to £12-worth, but I know some people have lost a lot more than that.
‘One person has lost about £100-worth of flowers.’ (from thisisguernsey)

If this is true, they need to be taught a lesson...