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Millions of dollars in maple syrup stolen
Talk about sticky-fingered thieves. They've struck in Quebec, snatching millions of dollars worth of maple syrup from a warehouse in Saint-Louis-de-Blandford, between Montreal and Quebec City.
Up to 10 million pounds of syrup was in the warehouse, according to a statement from the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers, which bills itself as keeper of the global strategic maple syrup reserve.
Officials could not say exactly how much of the product was stolen, but a Quebec police official told The Globe and Mail it was a substantial quantity.
“We know that it’s millions of dollars that was stolen,” Sgt. Richard Gagné is quoted as saying. “It’s a very large amount.”
The 10 million pounds of syrup that was in the warehouse is worth more than $30 million, according to the federation statement.
The theft was discovered during a routine inventory check of the warehouse, which "had been secured by a fence and locks, and visited regularly," federation president Serge Beaulieu said in the statement.
The barrels that originally contained the syrup were empty, meaning it was somehow transferred to some other kind of containers to complete the theft, the federation said.
The warehouse where the theft occurred was being used to temporarily store the sweet stuff while a new facility was being prepared.
As much as 80% of the world's maple syrup comes from Quebec, the federation said.
Though the federation is insured for the loss, if the stolen syrup makes its way onto the market, it could hurt the group's 10,000 members.
"The marketing of the stolen maple syrup will affect the entire maple industry. It is crucial to identify those responsible for this crime," the statement said.
“Obviously those people stole the maple syrup to sell it somewhere,” federation director Anne-Marie Granger Godbout told The Globe and Mail. “If it’s a big volume, it could be very harmful for the maple syrup industry. The companies that are working in this industry will have to compete with some company that didn’t pay for the maple syrup.”
The federation said the theft shouldn't affect supplies available to the public.
"The sales agency's maple syrup inventory is spread across several storage locations which were not subject to theft," Beaulieu said in the statement.
The amount in the warehouse represents about one-10th of Quebec's 2012 harvest and more than 25% of the federation's stock, CNN affiliate CBC reported.
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It's to go along with that yellow cake Iran has.
"Live free or die!"
What we have here people... is a sticky situation.
Sounds like a sticky situation.
They couldn't have stolen that high fructose corn syrup junk instead?
Aunt Jemima is behind this!
Someone must seriously love pancakes!
Whar are the thieves going to do with all that mable syrup????????
Whar are the thieves going to do with all that mable syrup????????
First you pour in into a big rink.
Then you get a couple of hot girls and........
Never fear citizens of planet earth. WAFFLE MAN IS ON THE CASE!!!!!!
I think it was aliens.
"Waaaaaiiiiitttt!!!,,,waaaaaaiiiiiittttt!!!!!...It's a COOoooKBOoooooOK!!!!.....Hide the syyyyyyyyyrrrrrrruuuuuupppppp!!!!!....."
I'm afraid it was the Glatun. Damn aliens 😉
If it was the Glatun, they will probably use it to attack DragonCon just as the kilt-blowing begins.
"Golden crispy, bad guys are history!" ~ Mystery Men was a great movie.
I hear it is used in the production of meth. Funny that it is worth $30 million, the same amount Walter White is going to make. Hmm....
Breaking Bad.
Well done.
Jesse Pinkman?
Heisenberg?
Maple Meth?
Oh good, I thought they were after me for taking the extra packets off the table.
BIGGER sticky fingers
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Mike: That is a distinct possibility. It could be an insurance scam.
+1 for the most boring comment.
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.Hoping you develop an imagination sometime soon.
Actually, your waste of space is less funny than his.
I think tha Obama had something to do with this. Perhaps he is planning on giving maple syrup to all his democrat supporters as a reward for voting for him?
No, I think it is Romney. He is closer to Quebec than Obama
I think tha Obama had something to do with this.
it is what it is.
Yep, maple syrup.
Or it is WHERE it is.
or is it?
Original and thoughtful, not.
How does one justify increasing the price for a 'staple' product? You claim their is a shortage. ( They did this to Sugar in teh US back in the 70's).. Prices went from 38 cents a bag to $1.85 in 4 months.
precisely why everthing is loaded with high fructose corn syrup nowadays...
It could be a scam to drive up the price of maple syrup. Big companies do it all the time. Create an artificial shortage to drive up prices. I'v seen it happen with coffee,sugar, orange juice and oil.
Yeah. Sure you have. Go take your meds, Mr. Conspiracy Theory.
I guess Wafflemania doesn't drive a car.
The Quebec Maple Mafia ?
There's no shortage. they are worried that it will be 'dumped' onto the market. I'm thinking someone didn't do a very careful inventory at some point and those things have been empty for years.
Perhaps Yogi the Bear could not find the honey?
It's in the pic-a-nic basket, Boo-Boo.