Overview

• Early Friday at about 4:10am a woman driving a white sedan was seen on CCTV uprooting a five-month-old lemon tree from Ineke McMahon’s front yard.
• McMahon discovered a trail of displaced soil upon returning from her child’s school drop-off and reviewed security footage to confirm the theft.
• She has circulated the surveillance recordings on Instagram to enlist neighbours in identifying the tree thief.
• Queensland Police have been notified but the lemon tree remains missing and McMahon says she will not replant it.
• The incident aligns with a growing spate of suburban plant thefts in Australia, prompting homeowners to bolster garden security.