He was robbed of Christmas trees worth 20,000 kronor

12/9/2023, 6:47:16 PM

Highlights: Ulf Jacobsson was robbed of 50 Christmas trees worth 20,000 kronor. The trees were stolen from his sales point in Malmö, Sweden. He is urging people to be aware of where their Christmas trees come from. "Ask where the tree comes from and pay by card," is his advice to customers. The chances of recovering the Christmas trees are very small, says Jacobsson, who is a spruce grower. He says: "How do you prove that it's my trees?"

When Christmas tree grower Ulf Jacobsson arrived at work on Friday morning, he discovered that someone had broken open the wire fence and stolen 750 kg of Christmas trees – trees that are probably sold on black. "It's my merit that has disappeared, straight up and down," he says.

There is a risk that you will celebrate Christmas with a stolen Christmas tree. At least if you don't carefully check where your Christmas tree comes from, according to Ulf Jacobsson, a spruce grower.

"I hope customers ask where the tree comes from," he says.

Ulf Jacobsson grows several different varieties of spruce and in December he sells them from his sales point in Malmö. But when he was about to open for the day on Friday, he saw that the lattice fence had been broken up and that 50 Norway spruce trees were gone.

"They weigh a total of 750 kg, so they must have had a trailer and driven them away," he says.

"Ask where the tree comes from"

The stolen spruce trees have a value of SEK 20,000 and are probably sold on illegally. Something Ulf Jacobsson is now urging people to be aware of.

"Ask where the Christmas tree comes from and pay by card," is Ulf Jacobsson's advice.

The chances of recovering the Christmas trees are very small.

"How do you prove that it's my trees? That's a lot of money that I've lost on this.

Watch Ulf Jacobsson tell the story in the clip above