RAJKOT: With its price skyrocketing,

has become a favourite booty for thieves in

. About 700kg onions worth Rs45,000 were stolen from a farm on the outskirts of Vadal village in

.

The crime was committed between the nights of December 24 and 25, the complaint filed by farm owner Himanshu Hirpara on Saturday says.

This season, burglars appear to have put onions on the top of their list of targets in Gujarat. On November 28, 250kg onions were stolen from a shop in Patel Park next to Zoroastrian Bank in Palanpur Patiya of Surat.

On December 7, thieves targeted Khanderao Market in Vadodara and stole bagfuls of onions worth Rs7,000. On December 6, around 14 bags of onions containing 50kg each were stolen from Bhavnagar marketing yard.