Lunatic Arrested for Hiding Needles in Strawberries at Grocery Stores

Update: This article was originally published on September 26, 2018. It was updated on June 9, 2020, after Queensland police arrested a 50-year-old woman in connection with putting sewing needles in 100 cases of not only strawberries, but also other fruit.

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50-year-old My Ut Trinh was arrested, after what Queensland Police declared as a “complex investigation” into the identity of the strawberry saboteur, for contaminating strawberries by putting sewing needles in them. Trinh was a farm supervisor at Berry Licious farm, a strawberry farm north of Brisbane.

Trinh was being charged with seven counts of contamination of goods, and her crime was considered “aggravated,” meaning she could spend up to 10 years in prison. Her lawyer argued for her that she was not responsible for picking strawberries or packaging them. Her motive is unclear as well.

This issue affected the Australian strawberry industry severely, causing many strawberry farmers and fruit growers to throw out masses of their crop. The Queensland Strawberry Growers Association expected Trinh to be charged to the full extent of the law. However, they believed the fight wasn’t over by noting that there were false reports and copycats of the reports, stating that others who have tried to create these hoaxes for financial compensation should also be charged.

Just make sure to cut your strawberries open, just in case you find anything else harmful in them.

Original story below

An incredibly disturbing trend is persisting in Australia and now, in even worse news, has spread to two other countries. Some lunatics are hiding needles in strawberries and other fruit at grocery stores. Needles have been found in produce not only in grocery stores all across Australia but also in stores in Singapore and New Zealand.

From Business Insider:

Strawberries containing sharp metal or needles have reportedly been discovered in New Zealand and Singapore — the first reports outside Australia, where officials say more than 100 people have reported finding them during September.

Officials say there have been over 100 reports, across every Australian state, of needles and sharp metal objects hidden in strawberries, an apple, a banana, and a mango, since a man in Queensland reported finding a needle in a strawberry on September 9.

What is this? The level of psycho you have to be to do something like this is off the charts. It’s disheartening enough that there’s one person out there cruel and lost enough to stick needles in strawberries, it’s downright terrifying that there are apparently dozens of people spanning the South Pacific who enjoy the idea of innocent strangers — children included — swallowing needles. Come on, humanity.

What’s worse is that authorities have only found one person responsible so far, a “young person” who said he did it as a prank.

A prank!? Listen kids, I love a good prank. Getting someone to swallow needles isn’t a prank, it’s an episode of CSI. A prank is leaving a package on someone’s front door labeled “Dog Poop” and then when they get it they’re like, “What there’s no way this is dog poop” and then they take it in their house and open it and lol the box is actually filled with dog poop. That’s great. Needles in strawberries is serial killer stuff.

So far the tampered with product has been found in Woolworth’s in Australia, Countdown in New Zealand, and Sheng Siong and FairPrice in Singapore.

Australian authorities have assured anyone doing this that they plan on fully throwing the book at them. The sentence can be anywhere from 10 to 15 years in prison if found guilty.
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