Missing Quebec maple syrup found in New Brunswick

Toronto Sun ^ | October 3, 2012

[Squawk 8888]

A massive amount of maple syrup stolen from a Quebec warehouse last month has turned up in New Brunswick.

Police say arrests are imminent after they found the syrup inside barrels at S.K. Export in Kedgwick, in northern New Brunswick near Quebec's Gaspe region.

The RCMP and provincial police took part in the raids this week.

The amount that was seized represents only a fraction of the 10,000-barrel, $20-million amount stolen in August.

The warehouse that was targeted in Saint-Louis-de-Blandford, about 160 km northeast of Montreal, contained 16,000 45-gallon barrels of syrup.

Police believe the robbers pumped the maple syrup into tanker trucks and drove away from the heavily-secured location. The warehouse owner hasn't said how the thieves managed to evade his security measures.

Quebec produces up to 80% of the world's maple syrup every year, and the province's syrup producers federation has managed the world's strategic reserves for the past 12 years.

The province's harvest is spread out in different locations around the province as a precaution against theft.

[Squawk 8888]

The perp was a real sap.

Canada Ping!

[dblshot]

Sweet, eh?

[novascotianative]

RCMP always get their syrup in the end.

[andyk]

Could have been a real sticky situation. (Booo!)

[Vision]

Canadians are wacky.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Perps could be;

1) Log Cabin Republicans.

2) Scott. He's a d**k.

[Uncle Chip]

So the thieves supposedly pumped the syrup from barrels into tanker trucks and then back into barrels. How do the police know that the syrup in the new barrels is the same syrup that came from the old ones???

Does maple syrup have a DNA???

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

I would have said officers of the Spurbury Vermont State Troopers station but they would have drank it all by now.

[jmacusa]

Was Inspector Clouseau on the case?

[Gay State Conservative]

Perps could be;1) Log Cabin Republicans.2) Scott. He's a d**k.

Hey,don't rule out Celine Dion.I mean,if she's willing to bunk up with Ugly Bob who knows what she's capable of.She won't bunk up with me,though;before her plastic surgery,of course,when she was attractive.

[PGR88]

Now Santa won’t have to cancel Christmas!

[stuartcr]

‘Strategic maple syrup reserves’...that’s something you don’t hear much about.

[andyk]

1) Log Cabin Republicans.

Heh heh heh.

[djf]

Pumped it into tanker trucks and drove it away?

All the while, they cut their nails and did crossword puzzles just waiting for the last drop...

My scam meter is off the charts!

[Aqua225]

Do we have a gate now? Are aliens buying maple syrup as a intoxicant? Someone call John Ringo!

I loved that series of books, crossing my fingers for more installment(s) soon.

[Red Badger]

It was Mrs. Butterworth! I never did trust her............

OR

The Aunt Jemima Gang.............(izzat waysis?)...

[arrogantsob]

Inspector Gadget was quoted as saying “We noticed a gigantic trial of ants going into the Warehouse.”

[moovova]

” pumped the syrup from barrels into tanker trucks and then back into barrels...”

Definitely sounds like there was some waffling going on..

[Red Badger]

You sure it wasn’t the truck loads of Eggos that were parked outside?..............