While Sergeant Daniel Thibodeau of the SQ could do no more than confirm that a search warrant “had been executed,†sources told The Gazette that an “important†amount of product was found in a maple syrup processing and exporting facility in Kedgwick, NB.
The barrels in the storage facility in Saint-Louis-de-Blandford, which is located 160 kilometres northeast of Montreal, near Victoriaville, were not taken outright but rather drained of their contents. The theft was discovered Aug. 24.
Presumably the contents were then whisked away in some sort of tanker truck.
This theft of sweet sirop is no small deal: the value of the stolen breakfast staple was estimated at more than $20 million. It was insured.
Last week, S.K. Export in Kedgwick was searched and a large quantity of syrup was shipped back to a storage facility in Quebec.
The “hot†syrup will be under lock and key, and monitored by surveillance cameras.
chaps is this true?
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