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Indian tea plantation workers pick tea leaves in the Chinnamora Tea Garden in Jorhat, some 310 kms east of Guwahati
Wednesday, Jul. 16, 2008

Open quoteThese thieves are now so desperate, they come with bows and arrows, and homemade firearms.Close quote

  • RUPESH GOWALA,
  • head of a tea workers' association, describing impoverished Indian villagers who are raiding plantations in the Assam region to steal tea leaves
Photo: STR / Getty | Source: Reuters