With some $250,000 worth of its smokable flower cured hemp product having been stolen in two burglaries within the last couple of weeks, Christiansburg’s TruHarvest Farms is offering a $50,000 reward to anyone who comes forward with information leading to the conviction of the thief.
TruHarvest general manager John Straw said that the identity of anyone who provides information will be protected. He said he has not ruled out an inside job, that the thief had knowledge of the farm’s operation. Security cameras showed that the thief knew exactly where to go. “He went straight to [the product] and straight out,” Straw said. “We’re not ruling anybody out.”
Only a single perpetrator is involved, the general manager said. The burglar stole 61 pounds the first time and 50 pounds the second time.
According to Straw, the criminal knew enough not to drive through the gate onto the property, instead parking on a private drive off the property and away from the barn, loading the stolen product into duffel bags and then walking through a cornfield to the waiting vehicle.
Straw said both break-ins occurred during the 1 a.m. hour.
