This isn't the first crime of its kind in Canada. The Great Maple Syrup Heist of 2012 saw $18,000,000-worth of maple syrup stolen. Police recovered only about 70 per cent of the stolen syrup and say some syrup may have gone to the U.S.
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Police have uncovered $30,000 worth of stolen Nutella as part of a major investigation into a crime syndicate linked to drug trafficking, car theft and a kidnapping plot in Canada.
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An entire truckload of Nutella was discovered in a Canadian warehouse along with about $5 million of stolen goods, including luxury cars, car parts, e-cigarettes and alcohol, as well as drugs and weapons.
Arrests have been made.
Note: We hope this breaking news item has distracted you from that other thing that's being discussed in Canada right now.
I am awaiting news from the Great White North of a massive waffle theft. These things come in threes, you know!
ReplyDeleteLX: Speaking of waffles, why are so many crimes committed in U.S. Waffle Houses?
DeleteLe Gasp!
ReplyDeleteI had better ring the British Marmite Council to make sure they have taken the necessary precautions in case this foodstuff-based crimewave spreads (pun vaguely intended) to the UK!
The "British Marmite Council" is a departement of the ministry of defence dating back to 1916 ...
DeleteMR. DeVICE & MAGO: Isn’t Marmite itself a crime?
DeleteOnly the act of *not* eating it!
DeleteMR. DeVICE: And do you use Marmite Vaseline as lube?
DeleteMarmite is prohibited by The HAgue.
DeleteMAGO: And by me, the Hag.
DeleteI believe our national supply of Vegemite is not under threat of theft...
DeletePRINNY: Are you still making moonshine from Vegemite?
DeleteDown with this sort of thing! Jx
ReplyDeleteJON: Thank you! It’s hilarious to see all those ridiculous Canadian crimes on one page.
DeleteThere are a few I missed the first time around such as the guy who broke into a Tim Horton’s coffee shop and made coffee. Just when I thought I’d heard ALL the Tim Horton’s stories.
I love your Maple Syrup.
ReplyDeleteJIMMY: What you’re really trying to say is that you’d love our Prime Minister covered in maple syrup and thrown to you.
DeleteAm I right?
yes (blush)
DeleteJIMMY: In the meantime, here’s a photo of him wearing a cowboy hat and flipping a pancake.
DeleteYou’re welcome.
I had to check the maple syrup we have here just to make sure it was from VERMONT! ;) I think I'll make some pancakes!! xoxoxo
ReplyDeleteSAVANNAH: Your maple syrup just claims to be from Vermont!
DeleteI like my cover houseboys in both substances, but I swear it wasn't me. What is this world coming too? What's next, Bar-BQ sauce?
ReplyDeleteMISTRESS MADDIE: BBQ sauce?
DeleteYes, apparently.
I read somewhere that Nutella fabrication in Italy is stopped, either because of floods or because of shorting of raw materials, I forgot, sorry, and can not recall where I read it. So a truckload of Nutella may be worth something. One just has to wait until when the stuff is gone from the shops and wild eyed customers start to roam the streets ...
ReplyDeleteBTW I can not join the chorus of fright screams about Mr T.'s speech. And find some of the reactions pretty over the top.
MAGO: A Nutella shortage?
DeleteFerrero claims we have nothing to worry about.
p.s. Yes, some of the reactions to our PM’s statement are definitely over-the-top. Yet it’s an embarrassment to Canadians.
He’s defending his statements, saying, “the former Cuban president Fidel Castro was a dictator, but that does not mean it was inappropriate to acknowledge his achievements at the time of his death.” Point taken and yet….
Sorry love, the appeasement is from 2014 - look "here how it looks actually in Northern Italy. Nutella production is down, "Überraschungseier", "eggs surprise" or (better ?) "wonder balls", also.
DeleteI do not know whether Fidel was a nice person or not. Mr T. may have other memories. But as any human being (with the possible exception of the monsters of the 20th century like Schicklgruber & Dschugashvili, who run in a class of their own) no human being is pure and only this or that. Some commenters compared Castro to Eichmann, what is nonsense.
I simply do not want to spit on a man's grave. And as far as I read Mr T.'s speech I find nothing in it, he should be ashamed of, or I as a citizen of Your country, would feel embarrassed about.
BTW I wonder if Meyer Lansky's heirs will now seize the mob-financed hotel in Havannah back ...
MAGO: Ooops, my mistake. I remember the Great Nutella Shortage of 2014. Things are looking grim in northern Italy at the moment.
Delete“Wonder balls”… teehee.
I’ve been to at least two hotels in Havana that have Meyer Lansky connections:
The Hotel Habana Riviera. I spent a lot of time walking along the nearby Malecón.
I’ve also spent time at the beautiful old Hotel Nacional de Cuba.
The latter being a fine example of the remarkable Cuban Art Deco style, I believe. And Gloria Estefan had even sang about it! Jx
DeleteJON: Right you are about the Hotel Nacional being an example of Cuban Art Deco Style.
DeleteI went crazy in Havana with my camera, trying to capture as many architectural photos as possible.
Jon Goodness - I had no idea !
DeletePlease bring the Prague photographs too.
I just want to know: Is the bacon safe!?! And are there Mounties posted to watch over the ginger ale!?!
ReplyDeleteEROS: ♫O Canada Dry
DeleteWe stand on guard for thee♫
Cookie loves Nutella. Its so ghetto.
ReplyDeleteA Nutella-cookie monster surprise! Now that's something I could sink my teeth into.
DeleteCOOKIE & MISTRESS MADDIE: Did someone mention Nutella?
DeleteWould you try the Nutella burger ?
DeleteMAGO: If someone’s offering, you can have mine.
DeleteNext it will be poutine getting stolen... or a curd shortage...
ReplyDeletePRINNY: I’m hearkening back to the cheese curd shortage of 2013.
DeleteThen there was the case of the stolen poutine recipe.
It’s all happening up here in The Great White North, I tells ya.
I think THIS PERSON has nicked the Nutella for his Ferrero Rocher party....
ReplyDeleteSx
MISS SCARLET: Do I have your permission to lob one at his head?
Deleteoddly enough, i just read something today about the great molasses explosion of boston.
ReplyDeletewhy is everything so sticky?
NORMA:Yes! The Great Molasses Flood of 1919!
DeleteI've always been intrigued by that story.