The Gwangju Seobu Police Station is investigating a case involving thousands of missing trees. A 43-year-old woman Kim reported that 4,000 seedlings of Chinoanthus retusa, crape myrtle, yulan and others planted at her farm had gone missing. The lost items were worth around 1.8 billion won.
Kim said she had bought the seedlings 10 years ago. She had been abroad since then until March this year when she found the assets gone. She collected neighbors' testimonies that some strangers had taken away the trees about two years ago in trucks.
Kim also reported that about 1,000 pine trees from another farm of hers in Gwangju were also stolen.
Police are questioning Kim's acquaintances and village residents for more information.