HILL COUNTY, Texas (KXXV) — Hill County deputies detained a man in connection to a stolen avocado truck Thursday night.
Authorities received word of the stolen cargo of more than 34,000 avocados from Laredo police. Hill County Deputy Ty Hardy found the truck on northbound I-35 and stopped the driver. A state trooper also assisted in the stop.
"We believe this to be the largest stolen avocado recovery in the history of Hill County," reads a release from the Hill County Sheriff's Office.
The sheriff's office says they released the driver but seized the stolen goods.
