Gangjin-gun Quickly Responds to Strawberry Theft Victims... Takes Measures

County Governor Kang Jin-won Visits Site Same Day, Implements Practical Measures Including CCTV Support

Sent Preventive 'Warning Messages' to Over 80 Fruit and Vegetable Farms

When strawberry theft occurred at some strawberry farms in Gangjin-eup, Gangjin-gun, Jeollanam-do, County Governor Kang Jin-won personally visited the site to assess the damage and took urgent measures such as ordering the installation of CCTV and sending text messages to prevent further damage, aiming to minimize the losses and establish countermeasures.

According to the county on the 18th, on the 17th, news came that strawberry theft had occurred at some strawberry farms in Jangjeon Village, Songjeon-ri, and Okchi Village, Seosan-ri, Gangjin-eup, Gangjin-gun. Governor Kang Jin-won personally visited the site to assess the damage.

(On the left) Gang Jin-won, the county governor, visited a strawberry farm in Gangjin-eup that suffered from strawberry theft on the 17th and is listening to the damage situation.
[Photo by Gangjin County]

Farmer A said, “This is the first time in decades of strawberry farming that something like this has happened,” adding, “As of December last year, strawberries were sold at 16,000 won per kilogram, but this year the price rose about 50% to around 24,000 won, which seems to have caused this incident.”

In response, Governor Kang Jin-won stated, “I understand the pain of having carefully grown strawberries stolen in vain. There was also a case in Gimhae, Gyeongnam, where nearly 2 tons were stolen,” and added, “I have ordered the filing of reports and police investigations, as well as the installation of theft-prevention CCTV in strawberry cultivation vinyl greenhouses, along with related support measures to prevent such unfortunate incidents from recurring.”

The governor also urgently instructed to swiftly implement public awareness and prevention measures by sending text messages to more than 80 local farms growing strawberries, tomatoes, and other fruits and vegetables to warn them to prevent further damage.

Accordingly, Gangjin-gun has begun assessing the situation across all 11 eup and myeon, and related departments are preparing countermeasures.

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