Huge Cheese Heist in France

(Besancon, France) This week, it was discovered that thieves made off with 700 Kg of distinctive comté, raclette and morbier cheeses from cheesemakers in eastern France.

Police are investigating and thus far have not been able to finger the dirty rat thieves. Some are calling the thefts an epidemic.

Police believe that a number of people must have been involved in the theft since the cheeses weigh 40 kg. And they seem to have chosen their get-away vehicle with care, ensuring that it was able to transport the booty.

The co-operative has already been robbed twice, but previously of cash rather than goods.

Police, who are trying to track down the criminals, say that there has recently been a rise in the number of robberies of cheesemakers in the Jura and Doubs region.

Cheese was also reportedly taken from dairies in Chantrans and Besancon, where 40 Kg of butter also disappeared.

It's curious but not known why the thieves preferred cheese to cash. It's also not known where a thief would go to fence 1,500 pounds of cheese.