Today in unspeakable crimes against breakfast food, police have confirmed that a group of thieves have stolen an estimated 1500kg of hass avocados from a property in South Australia’s Riverland district.

Operations Inspector Mark Gould said that the haul is estimated to be worth $11,000 – though, knowing the going rate for a piece of soy and linseed toast with smashed avocado on it – it could be higher.

“The owner of the property checked them on the Sunday, then 11 days later went to check them to see if they were ripe for picking and they were gone,” Gould said. “There was CCTV within the grove of avocados, but unfortunately they weren’t in that location where the fruit was stolen from, so the CCTV isn’t going to show us too much.”

The fruit was believed to have been stolen sometime between Sunday the 24th of August and Thursday the 4th of September and might just be the main component of the two day old guacamole mix sitting in your fridge right now. Who knows?

Those with relevant information regarding the heist are urged to contact Crimestoppers on 1800 333 000.

Via ABC