Auhausen (dpa / lby) – A man from Swabia was surprised at his non-thriving plants – a stranger had sprayed his field at the wrong time. The 57-year-old tenant of a field near Auhausen (Donau-Ries district) noticed on Friday that his corn plants were not thriving, the police said on Saturday.

A specialist consulted confirmed that the plants had probably been sprayed at the wrong time. According to initial findings by the police, an unknown wage worker who mixed up the fields to be sprayed was to blame. There was damage of around 1000 euros.