(KMZA)--The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Department has launched an investigation following the theft of three riding lawn mowers from a Manhattan business.

Sheriff Greg Riat said in a news release that the Hustler Zero Turn riding mowers were stolen from Brooks Yamaha on East Highway 24 sometime between 3:00 Saturday afternoon and 8:00 Monday morning.

Riat says the mowers had been parked at the front of the business near the highway when taken.

He says the suspect or suspects may have used a trailer or flat bed type vehicle to transport the mowers.

The loss was estimated at about $24,000.

Anyone with information on the crime is asked to contact the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office at 785-457-3353 or Detective Derek Cid at dcid@ptsheriff.com.