Germany: Police sniff out illicit wild garlic operation
Summary
Police in Saxony, Germany, uncovered an illegal wild garlic harvesting ring, seizing 100 kg of bulbs worth thousands of euros.
Six suspects, including repeat offenders, were caught in two separate vehicles with bags of the protected plant.
Wild garlic, prized in cooking, can only be collected in small amounts for personal use under German law. Large-scale theft is a recurring issue.
The suspects are now under investigation for gang theft.
Germany: Police sniff out illicit wild garlic operation
Police in eastern Germany followed their nose to discover an illegal plant harvesting ring. Officers seized a large quantity of wild garlic — a protected springtime plant that is used in the catering industry.Richard Connor (Deutsche Welle)
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in reply to JohnWorks • • •It's not economical to grow. It has very specific requirements in terms of wet soil and not too much sun, it has pretty low yields in terms of weight/area, compared to other crops. and since it isn't grown commercially, you also dont have optimized farming techniques and breeds etc.
and since it's quite common in the wild, well, if the price is too high, you'd just go and collect some yourself. Wild garlic products in supermarkets are already too expensive for me and i'd rather spend half an hour filling a bag with 2kg than buying 50g for 5 bucks.
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Unknown parent • • •Nope, wild garlic is not garlic just grown outside of gardens.
Garlic is a tuber while wild garlic is a leafy plant which just happens to smell a lot like garlic.
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in reply to MicroWave • • •This has me imagining some type of spoof comedy about the Russian mob and their illegal wild garlic harvests going up against the Mexican cartels and their avocado racket.
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in reply to TriflingToad • • •Some species don't grow very well in agricultural settings -- especially forest products.
If you harvest too much from public property, then you're breaking the law.
Maybe people will figure out how to farm it, which would probably lower the price enough so that people stop poaching it.
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It's not illegal to harvest from your own ground, garden or farm. This is about wild plants picked in the woods. Woods have special regulations.
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in reply to MicroWave • • •Call them what they are: Poachers.
And probably roasters and aioli makers too.
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in reply to MicroWave • • •Ironically, I have so much garlic growing in my yard, I can’t give it away. It’s spreading everywhere and taking over everything.
I’m guessing this garlic is different than mine though.
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in reply to MicroWave • • •species of plant, herb
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