More than 22 tonnes of cheddar reported stolen by dodgy dairy dealers

Thieves person made disconnected with 22 tonnes of luxury cheddar aft conning a London food firm.

Neal’s Yard Dairy said it delivered much than 950 wheels of it to the fraudsters, who claimed they were a wholesale distributor for a large French retailer.

It was lone afterwards they realised the full happening was a scam.

The steadfast said it would inactive wage the 3 small-scale producers, Hafod, Westcombe and Pitchfork, who made the cheese, ‘despite the important fiscal blow’ Neal’s Yard Dairy would incur arsenic a result.

It said it was moving with constabulary to place the perpetrators.

The Metropolitan Police said successful a statement: ‘On Monday, 21 October we received a study of the theft of a ample quantity of food from a shaper based successful Southwark.

‘Enquiries are ongoing into the circumstances.’

Police said nary arrests person been made related to the alleged theft.

Jamie Oliver posted astir the theft connected his Instagram page, writing: ‘In a shocking crook of events, Neal’s Yard Dairy has fallen unfortunate to a brazen heist of epic proportions.

‘A staggering 22 tonnes of premium cheddar, worthy £300,000, person vanished, leaving the food satellite reeling.’

Neal’s Yard Dairy urged cheesemongers astir the satellite to interaction them if they fishy they person been sold the stolen cheese, peculiarly clothbound cheddars successful a 10kg oregon 24kg format with the tags detached.

Cheesemakers Westcombe joined the call, posting a video connected their Instagram leafage asking radical to support an oculus retired for the cheddar.

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