September 10 2008
The Cairns Crocodile Farm was robbed over two consecutive nights a fortnight ago.
Dozens of croc skins and skulls were stolen, including a 70cm skull and a 1.5m stuffed croc.
Police said there have been two other recent croc-related thefts in the Daintree area to the north of Cairns.
Crocodile skins, skulls and leather goods stolen in a spate of recent robberies in north Queensland could be headed for the black market.
On Sunday, a crocodile skin with the head attached was stolen from a tourist office at Barretts Creek and a week before that a five-metre skin wrapped around a fibreglass body was stolen from a kiosk near the Daintree River Ferry.
Cairns Crocodile Farm's logistics manager Bruce Clarke said the thieves might try to sell the skins and skull on the black market.
"It gives you the feeling that something organised is going on," Mr Clarke said.
"Crocodile skulls and skins are difficult things to legally move ... to sell you need the right paperwork so one can only expect that they'll end up on the black market."
The farm plans to upgrade its security.
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