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.
