‘Large-scale butter thefts’: Ontario city sees $2K in product robbed from 2 stores

Butter remains a astonishing but valuable people for thieves successful 1 Ontario city, section constabulary say.

Two much large-scale thefts were reported past week from antithetic market stores successful the Guelph’s northbound end, bringing the full fig of food thefts to 7 successful the metropolis this year, Guelph police said.

The archetypal incidental this period occurred connected Oct. 12 astatine a business, erstwhile 2 males entered the store separately earlier gathering inside.

Police allege that they placed respective items successful a cart, including 3 cases of food valued astatine astir $936, and near done a receiving doorway without paying. The suspects were seen fleeing successful achromatic sedan.

Four days later, connected Oct. 16th, different food theft took spot astatine a concern successful the aforesaid area. Police allege that 2 males, who besides entered separately earlier gathering inside, stole 4 cases of food valued astatine $958.

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Police allege that the suspects fled done an exigency doorway earlier escaping successful a akin achromatic sedan.

These 2 incidents are portion of a drawstring of “large-scale food thefts” that person been occurring successful the Guelph region, according to police.

“Butter continues to beryllium a blistery commodity for thieves successful Guelph,” constabulary wrote successful a statement.

The transportation betwixt the incidents has not yet been confirmed but is being investigated.