By Brendan Rees
Volunteers of the Cranbourne Food Truck have been left reeling after callous thieves allegedly stole their new ride-on mower.
Secretary Chris Marsh said thieves forced the locks on the roller door to the truck bay on Lesdon Avenue sometime between 12pm on Sunday 5 August and 4pm on Monday 6 August.
“In the past we’ve had a couple of break-ins where they’ve interfered with the truck,” Ms Marsh said.
“This time it was an organised thing, they knew exactly what they were doing.”
According to Ms Marsh, she believed the culprits were likely to have brought their own truck or trailer to haul the mower out.
Ms Marsh said it was a major set-back for the hardworking group who just bought the ride-on mower in May.
“It just makes you cross because people donate money. It’s not as if we’ve got a spare $6000 in the bank that we can replace these things with.”
The stolen mower is described as a red Husqvarna Z246 zero-turn.
“Since we bought the mower we actually put a roller door in the back of it so easy to get the mower in and out,” she said.
“That was all padlocked, had an extra bar on it to strengthen it, especially because we had the other two break-ins.
“We thought it would be nice to be hidden behind the truck, bit of security and all that but no,” she said.
Ms Marsh is appealing to members of the public to report any sightings of vehicles or trailers loaded with the ride-on mower, to police.
“We wouldn’t mind if it was a second hand but it was brand new and everyone is upset about it.”
Cranbourne Police are investigating and urge anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
