A farmer in Lam Dong had more than 300 passion fruit trees cut down by thieves while they were in harvest.

On September 22, Mr. Le Van Thiem - Head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Lam Ha district confirmed that the unit had coordinated with the authorities of Tan Thanh commune to record, verify and investigate the case of vandalism and cutting across the trunks of more than 300 passion fruit trees of Mr. Vu Dinh Dung's family (42 years old, Tan Hop village, Tan Thanh commune, Lam Ha district, Lam Dong province).

Speaking to Dan Viet reporter, Mr. Vu Dinh Dung said that on the evening of September 19, his family had 325 passion fruit trees that were being harvested cut across by thieves. It is worth mentioning that this is not the first time his family has had their crops and economy destroyed by thieves.

Một hộ dân ở Lâm Đồng bị kẻ gian cắt gốc hơn 300 cây mác mác đang thu hoạch - Ảnh 1. — 325 passion fruit trees of Mr. Dung's family were cut across the trunk by thieves.

“On the evening of September 19, my wife was still tending to the passion fruit garden. However, the next morning when I went to the garden, I discovered that a series of passion fruit trees had been cut at the base by thieves and could not be restored. My garden was surrounded by B40 mesh, but thieves had cut the mesh at 3 locations to enter the garden and destroy it. These 3 locations were about 20 meters apart.

Immediately after discovering the incident, I reported it to the authorities and the commune police to come and record the scene and investigate the incident. Hundreds of passion fruit trees are the main source of income for my family, but now they have been vandalized by criminals, making the economy even more difficult. My family had to borrow money from the policy bank to do it, but now it is considered a total loss," Mr. Dung shared.

Một hộ dân ở Lâm Đồng bị kẻ gian cắt gốc hơn 300 cây mác mác đang thu hoạch - Ảnh 2. — Mr. Dung next to a passion fruit tree that was cut in half and destroyed by thieves.

Mr. Dung added that his family's nearly 5,000m2 garden had about 450 passion fruit trees, but 325 trees were cut down. The remaining trees were not concentrated, so it was very difficult to take care of them, and they were considered a total loss. "My passion fruit garden is very good, with good yield. Although it has only been planted for more than 6 months, nearly 10 tons have been harvested, at peak times, 1.4 tons of fruit were picked per day. Currently, the price of passion fruit is about 20,000 VND/kg, so our loss is very large," Mr. Dung said.

Một hộ dân ở Lâm Đồng bị kẻ gian cắt gốc hơn 300 cây mác mác đang thu hoạch - Ảnh 3. — Mr. Dung's passion fruit garden has only been planted for more than 6 months but is producing good yield and productivity.

It is worth mentioning that a few years ago, when Mr. Dung was still growing mulberry and raising silkworms, a thief sprayed pesticides in his mulberry garden, causing the entire batch of silkworms to be abandoned.

After receiving the report, Tan Thanh Commune Police (Lam Ha District) coordinated with relevant authorities to record the scene, work with the victims to investigate and clarify the incident.