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Keep your eyes peeled for a stolen spud truck

Police in the Alliston area are keeping their eyes open for a potato truck stolen Tuesday night from an Alliston business
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A potato truck was stolen from an Alliston business. Submitted photo

Police in the Alliston area are keeping their eyes open for a potato truck stolen Tuesday night from Alliston Machinery.

The truck belongs to Murphy's Farm Market & Bakery.

Nottawasaga OPP describe the stolen vehicle as a blue 2005 Kenworth truck was taken from Alliston Machinery on Dufferin Street South lduring the night..

The truck has a white box and a licence plate number 7004FC.

Police say the theft is connected to mischief at a neighbouring cleaning business, where security footage shows a man smashing the window of a van that could not be stolen due to a dead battery.

The suspect is in his early 20s and was last seen wearing a dark-coloured work jacket with reflective stripes.

Anyone with information is asked to call the detachment at 705-434-1939 or Crime Stoppers at 1-888-222-TIPS (8477).

Tips can also be submitted anonymously online at www.crimestopperssdm.com