Thieves make off with $4K in garlic from Quebec farm

A Quebec farm was the target of a bizarre theft that left its owners out $4,000.

But, the loss wasnt cash or machinery. These thieves made off with thousands of garlic bulbs.

Christiane Mass went out to her field in St-Malo, located in Quebecs Eastern Townships, earlier this week and found 2,000 garlic bulbs had vanished.

"Why would someone want to steal garlic?" Mass said. "I imagine it not just to eat when its as much as that."

The theft wouldnt have been simple. The garlic wasnt locked up, but was out in the field drying. However, the volume stolen would have meant it would have takenmore than one load.

"If its in the field, we cant do anything to secure it," she said. "Its a total loss."

Its not the first time Quebec food producers have been targeted by thieves.

Last winter, someone managed to get away with close to $140,000 worth of corn from a silo on a farm in Saint-Lonard-d'Aston,130 kilometres northeast of Montreal.

In December, two people were arrested in connection with an $18 million maple syrup theft from a warehouse in Saint-Louis-de-Blandford.

Police are now investigating the garlic theft, but Mass wont be getting compensation from her insurance company. Thats because the goods weren'tlocked up.

She does plan on installing surveillance cameras to deter future thefts.