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Coffee buyers and exporters have been
warned to watch for people trying to sell
stolen coffee.
About 30 bags of green bean coffee have been
stolen from trucks on the Highlands Highway.
Green
bean coffee is coffee that has been
ini
processed.
The Coffee' Marketing
Board is worried
that the thefts
might lead to problems
in international
relations if
they cause contracts
to be short-shipped.
One, possibly two,
trucks have been hit by
thieves on the Highlands
Highway in the
C'himbu District
One confirmed theft
was on the day before
an emergency meeting '
of Chuave leaders and
trucking company executives
to discuss the
worse ning situation
with highway bandits.
Mr Arthur Jones, an
officer of Angco Pty
Ltd, one of the biggest
coffee buyers and exporters,
said in Goroka
that he knew of a consignment
of green
bean coffee raided in
transit from Banz, in
the Western Highlands,
to Angco, at Goroka. .
He said thieves
jumped oh a truck as
it moved slowly up a
steep part of the highway
near the notorious
thieving location .of
Chuave and cut open
the covering tarpaulin,
so they could throw
out four bags of coffee,
valued at about
K280.
Mr Jones . said he
had heard another account,
not yet confirmed,
of a Pagini
Brambles truck being
stopped at Duman in
Chimbu.
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Duman is between
Chuave and Kundiawa.
The report alleged
that 27 to 37 bags of
coffee were taken .in
the darkness after the
driyer was told to stay
in his cabin or suffer.
Mr Barry Beil, executive
officer of the
PNG Coffee Marketing
Board based in Goroka,
said the board is sending
a circular to all
coffee factories and
exporters warning
them to get details,
or to hold for questioning,
any per-

son suspected of trying
to sell stolen green
bean coffee.
He said a similar
thing happened four
years ago when a
truck tipped over.
The coffee was stolen
and ended up being
offered for sale in Lae.
A man who offered the
coffee at a reduced
price was grabbed, he
said.
Of the recent incidents,
Mr Beil said:
'We realise that there
is a problem with
cargo generally, but
we are concerned at

this sort of thing occurring
with coffee.
'It could become an
unhealthy development,
internally, in
the industry.
'If half of a truckload
is stolen, it might
mean that a contract
might not be fulfilled,
if the truck arrives in
Lae just before time
for shipping and the
missing coffee can't be
made up in time.
'If the , coffee is
short-shipped, or only
half of it is sent, it
means problems for international
relations
as well.'

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