Shipping container filled with equipment stolen from farmers market, organizers say [Video]

(FOX40.COM) — The organization behind the Florin Certified Farmers Market said supplies needed for the market’s operations were stolen this week.

Alchemist CDC, the non-profit that runs the weekly market, said a shipping container storing essential equipment was targeted by thieves around 5:04 a.m. on Monday.

The shipping container was located at the Florin Light Rail Station near Florin Road and Indian Lane where the farmers’ market takes place. The organization said the equipment and supplies total a loss of over $5,000.

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Screenshots of security footage shared by the non-profit show the shipping container on a trailer attached to a white pickup truck.

“They had the trucks, they had the liftgate and the winch they needed to be able to get the container out of there in no time flat,” Shannin Stein with Alchemist CDC told FOX40.com.

Organizers said they have been working closely with the Sacramento Police Department during its investigation. The non-profit is asking the public for any …