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Butter stays a stunning however helpful goal for thieves in a single Ontario metropolis, native police say.
Two extra large-scale thefts had been reported final week from totally different grocery shops within the Guelph’s north finish, bringing the whole variety of butter thefts to seven within the metropolis this yr, Guelph police mentioned.
The primary incident this month occurred on Oct. 12 at a enterprise, when two males entered the shop individually earlier than assembly inside.
Police allege that they positioned a number of objects in a cart, together with three circumstances of butter valued at roughly $936, and left by a receiving door with out paying. The suspects had been seen fleeing in white sedan.
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4 days later, on Oct. sixteenth, one other butter theft occurred at a enterprise in the identical space. Police allege that two males, who additionally entered individually earlier than assembly inside, stole 4 circumstances of butter valued at $958.
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Police allege that the suspects fled by an emergency door earlier than escaping in the same white sedan.
These two incidents are a part of a string of “large-scale butter thefts” which have been occurring within the Guelph area. The biggest, valued at greater than $1,000, occurred final December, police instructed Ontario Chronicle.
“Butter continues to be a hot commodity for thieves in Guelph,” police wrote in a press release.
The connection between the incidents has not but been confirmed however is being investigated.
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