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Slew of arrests made in Quebec syrup heist
CP24 ^
| December 20, 2012
Posted on 12/21/2012 12:20:00 AM PST by Squawk 8888
MONTREAL -- Eighteen people have been arrested in a massive heist of maple syrup, Quebec police said Thursday.
The accused face a variety of charges including theft, conspiracy, fraud and receiving stolen goods.
Provincial police said in a statement they are looking for seven more people in the case.
The sweet stuff was stolen in the town of Saint-Louis-de-Blandford between August 2011 and this past July.
About 2.7 million kilograms of maple syrup, worth up to $18 million, was reported missing after a routine inventory check last summer.
Officers from the RCMP, the Canada Border Services Agency and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement helped Quebec police in the investigation, which featured interviews with 300 people in the maple syrup industry in Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick and the northern U.S.
TOPICS: Canada; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: napl
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To: P.O.E.
Those are not maple syrup. Yeeechh.
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posted on
12/21/2012 2:13:02 AM PST
by
Straight Vermonter
(Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
To: shibumi
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posted on
12/21/2012 2:20:20 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
Roses are red
Violets are purple
Sugar is sweet
And so is maple syruple
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posted on
12/21/2012 3:27:50 AM PST
by
Graybeard58
("Civil rights” leader and MSNB-Hee Haw host Al Sharpton - Larry Elder)
To: Squawk 8888
” Like maple syrup, Canada’s evil oozes over the United States.”
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posted on
12/21/2012 3:30:26 AM PST
by
Autonomous User
(The Obama Doctrine: Blame America First.)
To: Squawk 8888
did they find them hiding out in an igloo?
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posted on
12/21/2012 3:33:28 AM PST
by
InvisibleChurch
(the mature Christian is almost impossible to offend)
To: shibumi
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posted on
12/21/2012 4:21:54 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: All
Yummy.
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posted on
12/21/2012 4:25:43 AM PST
by
Liz
To: Squawk 8888
This is how they were smuggling it over the border.
Great stuff by the way, a shot in hot cider and its like you are enjoying a plate of hot buttery pancakes with extra syrup.
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posted on
12/21/2012 4:30:18 AM PST
by
Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: shibumi
Don’t confuse newfanese with Canadian.
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posted on
12/21/2012 4:47:08 AM PST
by
Bulwyf
To: Squawk 8888
They must have gotten the stuff syruptitiously.
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posted on
12/21/2012 4:55:22 AM PST
by
Fresh Wind
(The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
To: Squawk 8888
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posted on
12/21/2012 4:55:22 AM PST
by
SeminoleCounty
(Seems that the ones who understand little about the economy are economists)
To: Straight Vermonter
GIMME!
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posted on
12/21/2012 5:06:05 AM PST
by
Fresh Wind
(The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
To: Squawk 8888
Where would you go to pawn 1.7 kilos of maple syrup?
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posted on
12/21/2012 5:17:50 AM PST
by
PoloSec
( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
To: Daffynition
There’s no reason for anyone to own military style assault molasses.
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posted on
12/21/2012 5:33:21 AM PST
by
palmer
(Obama = Carter + affirmative action)
To: Squawk 8888; Slings and Arrows
The culprit.
To: Revolting cat!; JoeProBono; Daffynition
His sticky wicket was the giveaway.
To: Straight Vermonter
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posted on
12/21/2012 6:08:57 AM PST
by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: Bulwyf; Battle Axe
"Don’t confuse newfanese with Canadian."
It's only Newfie iffin ya Screech it.
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posted on
12/21/2012 6:15:10 AM PST
by
shibumi
(Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Drip. Drip.
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posted on
12/21/2012 6:21:45 AM PST
by
Daffynition
(Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. ~ HLM)
To: palmer
This is a stick-up! Yummmmmmmmmm....Canadian bacon!
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posted on
12/21/2012 6:30:01 AM PST
by
Daffynition
(Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. ~ HLM)
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