{"id":110365,"date":"2020-05-12T08:20:59","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T12:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=110365"},"modified":"2020-05-12T08:20:59","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T12:20:59","slug":"surge-in-praedial-larceny-amidst-covid-19-pandemic-police-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/surge-in-praedial-larceny-amidst-covid-19-pandemic-police-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Surge In Praedial Larceny Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic, Police Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div>

Police Public Relations Officer, Inspector Frankie Thomas, has revealed that there has been in surge in agricultural theft amidst the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

Several farmers have reported that thieves are wreaking havoc in the undulating agricultural fields stealing crops, fertilisers and other items in the dead of night.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve seen a fair share of these reports and we\u2019ve also successfully arrested and prosecuted persons for the offence.\u201d, said Thomas.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>
\"\"<\/div>\n

Owolabi Elabanjo, senior extension officer in the Ministry of Agriculture, said he is not surprised by the surge.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

\u201cThere are a lot of people out there, because of the situation in the country, they will be engaged in things like that. People are not working; they need money and steal your stuff to sell them at cheap prices,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

However, Elabanjo is calling on residents to be more vigilant and to avoid buying gricultural produce from all and sundry just because it is being sold at a cheap rate.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

\u201cIf they continue to have a market, they don\u2019t stop stealing people\u2019s crops,\u201d Elabanjo highlighted.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Police Public Relations Officer, Inspector Frankie Thomas, has revealed that there has been in surge in agricultural theft amidst the coronavirus pandemic. Several farmers have reported that thieves are wreaking havoc in the undulating agricultural fields stealing crops, fertilisers and other items in the dead of night. \u201cWe\u2019ve seen a fair share of these reports […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"yoast_head":"\nSurge In Praedial Larceny Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic, Police Reports - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/surge-in-praedial-larceny-amidst-covid-19-pandemic-police-reports\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Surge In Praedial Larceny Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic, Police Reports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Police Public Relations Officer, Inspector Frankie Thomas, has revealed that there has been in surge in agricultural theft amidst the coronavirus pandemic. Several farmers have reported that thieves are wreaking havoc in the undulating agricultural fields stealing crops, fertilisers and other items in the dead of night. \u201cWe\u2019ve seen a fair share of these reports […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/surge-in-praedial-larceny-amidst-covid-19-pandemic-police-reports\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Antigua News Room\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-05-12T12:20:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Theft.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"420\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/surge-in-praedial-larceny-amidst-covid-19-pandemic-police-reports\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/surge-in-praedial-larceny-amidst-covid-19-pandemic-police-reports\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\"},\"headline\":\"Surge In Praedial Larceny Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic, Police Reports\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-05-12T12:20:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-05-12T12:20:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/surge-in-praedial-larceny-amidst-covid-19-pandemic-police-reports\/\"},\"wordCount\":186,\"commentCount\":7,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/surge-in-praedial-larceny-amidst-covid-19-pandemic-police-reports\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:750\/h:420\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Theft.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Crime\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/surge-in-praedial-larceny-amidst-covid-19-pandemic-police-reports\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/surge-in-praedial-larceny-amidst-covid-19-pandemic-police-reports\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/surge-in-praedial-larceny-amidst-covid-19-pandemic-police-reports\/\",\"name\":\"Surge In Praedial Larceny Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic, Police Reports - Antigua News Room\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/surge-in-praedial-larceny-amidst-covid-19-pandemic-police-reports\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/surge-in-praedial-larceny-amidst-covid-19-pandemic-police-reports\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:750\/h:420\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Theft.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-05-12T12:20:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-05-12T12:20:59+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/surge-in-praedial-larceny-amidst-covid-19-pandemic-police-reports\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/surge-in-praedial-larceny-amidst-covid-19-pandemic-police-reports\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/surge-in-praedial-larceny-amidst-covid-19-pandemic-police-reports\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:750\/h:420\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Theft.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:750\/h:420\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Theft.jpg\",\"width\":750,\"height\":420},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/surge-in-praedial-larceny-amidst-covid-19-pandemic-police-reports\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Surge In Praedial Larceny Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic, Police Reports\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\",\"name\":\"Antigua News Room\",\"description\":\"News As It Happens\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Antigua Newsroom\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg\",\"width\":1260,\"height\":1260,\"caption\":\"Antigua Newsroom\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/AntiguaNewsRoom\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/antiguanewsroom\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\",\"name\":\"Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96\",\"caption\":\"Editor\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/author\/editor\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Surge In Praedial Larceny Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic, Police Reports - Antigua News Room","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/surge-in-praedial-larceny-amidst-covid-19-pandemic-police-reports\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Surge In Praedial Larceny Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic, Police Reports","og_description":"Police Public Relations Officer, Inspector Frankie Thomas, has revealed that there has been in surge in agricultural theft amidst the coronavirus pandemic. Several farmers have reported that thieves are wreaking havoc in the undulating agricultural fields stealing crops, fertilisers and other items in the dead of night. \u201cWe\u2019ve seen a fair share of these reports […]","og_url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/surge-in-praedial-larceny-amidst-covid-19-pandemic-police-reports\/","og_site_name":"Antigua News Room","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom","article_published_time":"2020-05-12T12:20:59+00:00","og_image":[{"width":750,"height":420,"url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Theft.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AntiguaNewsRoom","twitter_site":"@AntiguaNewsRoom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Editor","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/surge-in-praedial-larceny-amidst-covid-19-pandemic-police-reports\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/surge-in-praedial-larceny-amidst-covid-19-pandemic-police-reports\/"},"author":{"name":"Editor","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5"},"headline":"Surge In Praedial Larceny Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic, Police Reports","datePublished":"2020-05-12T12:20:59+00:00","dateModified":"2020-05-12T12:20:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/surge-in-praedial-larceny-amidst-covid-19-pandemic-police-reports\/"},"wordCount":186,"commentCount":7,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/surge-in-praedial-larceny-amidst-covid-19-pandemic-police-reports\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:750\/h:420\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Theft.jpg","articleSection":["Crime"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/surge-in-praedial-larceny-amidst-covid-19-pandemic-police-reports\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/surge-in-praedial-larceny-amidst-covid-19-pandemic-police-reports\/","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/surge-in-praedial-larceny-amidst-covid-19-pandemic-police-reports\/","name":"Surge In Praedial Larceny Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic, Police Reports - Antigua News Room","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/surge-in-praedial-larceny-amidst-covid-19-pandemic-police-reports\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/surge-in-praedial-larceny-amidst-covid-19-pandemic-police-reports\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:750\/h:420\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Theft.jpg","datePublished":"2020-05-12T12:20:59+00:00","dateModified":"2020-05-12T12:20:59+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/surge-in-praedial-larceny-amidst-covid-19-pandemic-police-reports\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/surge-in-praedial-larceny-amidst-covid-19-pandemic-police-reports\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/surge-in-praedial-larceny-amidst-covid-19-pandemic-police-reports\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:750\/h:420\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Theft.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:750\/h:420\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Theft.jpg","width":750,"height":420},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/surge-in-praedial-larceny-amidst-covid-19-pandemic-police-reports\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Surge In Praedial Larceny Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic, Police Reports"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/","name":"Antigua News Room","description":"News As It Happens","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization","name":"Antigua Newsroom","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg","width":1260,"height":1260,"caption":"Antigua Newsroom"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom","https:\/\/x.com\/AntiguaNewsRoom","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/antiguanewsroom\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5","name":"Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96","caption":"Editor"},"url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/author\/editor\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/24866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}