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Liberian State Police Nab 23 for Stealing Rubber

(Akron/Tire Review) Liberia police arrested 23 people, charging them with theft for allegedly tapping rubber trees at Firestone Plantation Co. in Harbel, Liberia.

The alleged illegal tappers were arrested after “numerous complaints” from plantation management, according to news reports, including gunpoint thefts of harvested rubber from plantation employees.

Reports say the thieves even had a “factory” where they packaged the stolen latex for sale to customers.

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