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The bizarre overnight heist was captured on CCTV.
Executive recruiter and career strategist Ineke McMahon posted a number of videos to Instagram cataloguing the theft.
She first noticed her tree was missing after returning home from the school drop-off on Friday morning, with a trail of dirt leading up the street from its erstwhile home.
A white sedan drove past the home overnight, before turning around and coming back, parking next to the house next door, at about 4.10am.
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A woman is then seen creeping into the camera frame, before she quickly uprooted the tree motion, bagged it, and took off.
McMahon had planted the tree five months ago and it was just starting to thrive and produce fruit.
She told Today reporter Mia Glover that she wanted the tree to be something the whole neighbourhood could enjoy – particularly for gin and tonics.
