An increasing number of butter retains disappearing off grocery retailer cabinets with one other large-scale butter theft reported on Monday, this time in Brantford.
A retailer positioned at Lynden Highway and Wayne Gretsky Parkway had about $1,200 price of butter stolen from them Oct. 29. At roughly 8:25 p.m. two suspects have been seen stealing the massive quantity and fled in a white van.
They’re described as sporting all-black clothes with black baseball hats. Police launched footage of the 2 suspects within the hope the general public might help determine the boys.
It’s simply one in all many butter heist investigations this yr.
Guelph Police say they’ve had 9 reported large-scale butter thefts since December 2023.
“Each time the theft has been somewhere in the neighbourhood between $900 and $1,000 dollars, so certainly a significant amount. They are stealing it in two or three cases at a time,” Scott Tracey, media relations coordinator for Guelph Police, mentioned.
He talked about that police aren’t certain but if the incident in Brantford is related to the thefts in Guelph.
“This is probably something that’s happening everywhere I mean I don’t there’s anything about Guelph or now Brantford that is particularly appealing to people who are looking to steal this product. It’s just that we have put out the media releases and made people aware of it, but I suspect this is something happening all across Ontario,” mentioned Tracey.
Officers can’t affirm but the place these dairy merchandise are being resold till they discover the people who find themselves accountable. Tracey added there are butter merchandise being bought on marketplaces on-line but it surely’s laborious to say in the event that they’re the identical merchandise being stolen.
Three arrests have been made final December in Guelph. All three males have been from Brampton on the time, however all failed to seem in courtroom and are actually needed.
A neighborhood baker and proprietor of The Cake Field in Kitchener, Jessica Harrison, advised 570 NewsRadio they haven’t needed to enhance costs of their retailer but, as they aren’t seeing a big rise in the price of the dairy product, which has stayed round $5.99 per pound.
“Butter is in all of our products so if we see an increase there will be an increase to reflect that in all our products.”
Harrison talked about that nobody has tried to promote her butter beneath the desk but both.
Anybody with data is requested to contact Guelph Police or Brantford Police or submit a tip anonymously by means of Crime Stoppers.
Brantford Police launch photograph of suspects concerned in butter thefts. (Brantford Police Companies)
