Cabbage sprayed with pesticide stolen in St Catherine, police issue alert

The police are warning members of the public to be careful when buying cabbage because it could have been sprayed with a harmful pesticide.

According to the police, a large quantity of the vegetable was today stolen from a farm in Castle Kelly district, St Catherine.

The police say the cabbage was recently sprayed with the pesticide, Avani.

The ingestion of pesticides is harmful to humans.