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Nearly $8000 of possum fur has been stolen from a Mosgiel shed.
Senior Sergeant Craig Dinnissen, of Dunedin, said police were informed at the weekend of 60kg of fur being stolen from a Bush Rd property after a shed was broken into.
New Zealand Fur Council chairman Neil Mackie said the price of fur was about $130 per kg, which would make the haul worth $7800.
He was not aware of possum fur theft being a common occurrence.
Nor was he aware of a possum fur black market.
"It's important to let the other players in the industry know, because they'll try to sell that through those channels.''
It took about 18 possums to make 1kg of plucked fur, he said.
This would mean to make the 60kg it would have taken 1080 possum hides.
