Health officials have destroyed three tonnes of apricots after a warehouse worker in Turkey was filmed standing on a huge pile of the fruit.
The worker, named only as Bilal M., was caught out when the video footage appeared on social media.
In the footage, he is seen in his trainers on top of the apricot pile as another member of staff empties a bagload of fruit at his feet.
Local farming inspectors from the Malatya Agriculture and Forestry Directorate swooped on the warehouse and seized the fruit for destruction.
Bilal M. was also fined TRL 10,000 (GBP 296).
In an earlier case, an influencer, named only as ‘RB’ in local media, filmed himself submerged in pistachio nuts, chewing on shells and spitting them out.
The clip infuriated social media users and police tracked down the prankster even after he had deleted the video footage.
Local media reported that he was arrested while police investigated where he carried out the stunt, identified as a peanut farm in Akyamac, in Siirt Province.
Agriculture officials confiscated the entire two-tonne load pending legal action against the owner for failing to have proper security at the farm.
Bafflingly, Turkey has been plagued by pranksters targeting food factories and farms.
A worker at a pickle factory faced fury for dancing barefoot in a pickle tank.
In the video, the shirtless and barefoot man, whose identity has not been revealed, can be seen inside the giant pickle tank while loading up cabbages into a bucket while someone films him from above.
At one point, he waves at the camera and even does a little jig before carrying on loading the cabbages into the basket.
And a dairy worker in Konya caused a scandal when they were found taking a bath in a boiler full of fresh milk.
In the footage, the man is seen enjoying a milk bath in a processing room while using a jug to wash his hair.
The man in the video, identified as Ugur Turgut, age not disclosed, was arrested after the incident along with the cameraperson.
