Police investigate theft of 400,000 oysters in NSW

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1. Wed, 26 August 2026

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   • ABC News (Australia)04:53first to report
     Police investigate theft of 400,000 oysters in NSW

     An oyster business on the New South Wales Mid North Coast estimates as much as $400,000 worth of its stock has been stolen.

   • South China Morning Post06:43
     Shellfish thieves in Australia make off with 400,000 oysters worth US$250,000

     Australian police said on Wednesday they were on the hunt for thieves who made off with hundreds of thousands of oysters. The molluscs have an estimated total value of A$350,000 (US$250,000) and were lifted from an oyster farm near the town of Taree, north of Sydney, New South Wales police said. Over 300 bags, containing 400,000 oysters, were stolen. Police are urging the public to come forward with any information they might have about the theft, which they said happened “earlier this year”...

   • Index.hr (Croatia)07:32
     Lopovi odnijeli 400.000 kamenica u Australiji. Policija traži pomoć građana

     LOPOVI profinjenog nepca u Australiji su iz uzgajališta ukrali 400.000 kamenica vrijednih 215.000 eura, a policija moli građane za pomoć u istrazi.

   • tportal (Croatia)07:41
     Australska policija u potrazi za lopovima: Neobična krađa privukla pozornost javnosti

     Australska policija u srijedu je objavila da traga za lopovima koji su ukrali stotine tisuća kamenica.

   • 24sata (Croatia)08:05
     U Australiji ukrali 400.000 kamenica. Šteta 215.000 eura

     Policija poziva javnost da se javi sa svim korisnim informacijama o krađi, koja se, kako su kazali dogodila "ranije ove godine", ali im je prijavljena tek u utorak

   • The Guardian World08:12
     Now you seafood, now you don’t: $350k worth of oysters vanish without a trace in NSW

     About 400,000 juvenile Sydney rock oysters were taken from an oyster farm on state’s mid-north coast earlier this year, police say Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Police are on the hunt for a seafood swindler after 400,000 oysters were allegedly stolen from a farm at a river on the New South Wales mid-north coast. About 320 bags of juvenile oysters, worth an estimated $350,000, were taken from an oyster farm in Scotts Creek, Oxley Island, earlier this year,...

   • Telegram.hr (Croatia)09:05
     Neobičan lopovluk u Australiji: lupeži profinjenog nepca ukrali stotine tisuća kamenica

     Procijenjena vrijednost ukradenih školjki iznosi oko 215.000 eura

   • breitbart.com09:28
     Australian Police Hunt Mollusc Marauders Who Stole 400,000+ Oysters

     Thieves who made off with more than 400,000 juvenile rock oysters from an Australian riverside farm are now being hunted by police determined to facilitate a return of the tasty morsels.

   • Anadolu Agency (AA)11:22
     About 400,000 oysters stolen from Australian farm

     Police estimate value of juvenile oysters taken from New South Wales aquaculture leases at $233,000