Waterborne thieves have raided an oyster farm on the New South Wales Mid North Coast, stealing 400,000 young oysters worth about $350,000 AUD (£177,000). The theft has wiped out around a third of the grower's total stock.

Australian police said Wednesday they were on the hunt for thieves who made off with hundreds of thousands of oysters.

An oyster business on the New South Wales Mid North Coast estimates as much as $400,000 worth of its stock has been stolen.