Canada cheese-smuggling ring busted - policeman charged

[Bosonic]

Source: BBC

A Canadian police officer was among three people charged as the country's authorities announced they had busted a major cheese-smuggling ring.

A joint US-Canadian investigation found C$200,000 (£125,600) of cheese and other products were illicitly brought over the border into southern Ontario.

The smugglers sold large quantities of cheese, which is cheaper in the US, to restaurants, it is alleged.

The other two men charged were civilians, one a former police officer.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19751695

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[MrScorpio]

1. I wonder who had to cut it nt

[Bosonic]

4. Probably...

[tanyev]

2. Gouda work!

[CrazyOrangeCat]

7. Ha!

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

3. But what about the Canadian Bacon?

... RIP John Candy.

[Submariner]

19. Cheese getaway truck caught on video

[slackmaster]

5. Let me know when they catch the REAL crooks - The Maple Syrup Rustlers

That was the crime of the century.

[CreekDog]

6. What an adorable country!

[Berlum]

8. The dirty rats

[valerief]

9. Pretty cheesy contraband. nt

[SkyDaddy7]

31. YOU WIN!!!

It really is a "cheesy" form of contraband...I did not know whether to laugh or cry when I saw the picture of the cheese laid out like kilos of meth with the US Customs & Border Patrol sign sitting next to it to show how proud they were of their work! LOL!

[valerief]

34. Thank you, thank you. Don't forget to tip your waitress. nt

[yellowcanine]

10. Cheese Whiz!

[Art_from_Ark]

11. If the cheese is being smuggled into Canada,

what would the US Customs and Border Protection have to do with the case?

[Throckmorton]

15. I believe it is a border treaty thing with the Dominion of Canada.

As a part of the unfortified border and trade treaties, the US agrees to assist in preventing smuggling into Canada and vise versa.

[Art_from_Ark]

16. It still doesn't make any sense to me

It isn't smuggling until it's taken into another country illegally. The cheese was bought legally in the US and if it was in the US when it was confiscated, then the cheese was still legal.

[HereSince1628]

17. The whey this was done bothers you?

[XemaSab]

22. It curda been done differently

n/t

[muriel_volestrangler]

32. Which story says cheese was confiscated in the US?

Or, for that matter, why did you mention "US Customs and Border Protection" in #11? I can't see them in either the BBC story, or the CBC one they link to. The BBC just talk about a "joint US-Canadian investigation", and CBC has:

The cheese-smuggling investigation stems from information gathered from a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) arrest in April of Niagara Regional Police Service Const. Geoffrey Purdie in Buffalo on charges of conspiracy to smuggle more than half a million dollars in anabolic steroids and other drugs into Canada.

According to U.S. court documents, a joint Border Enforcement Task Force has been using surveillance and at least one confidential informant in an ongoing probe into the steroid allegations of Purdie and others, including civilians.

It seems drug smuggling, in either direction, is a legitimate concern of border enforcement, to me.

[Throckmorton]

42. Preparing to smuggle is an inchoate offense,

Conspiring to commit a crime is in itself a crime.

[OrwellwasRight]

12. Hey, that's nacho cheese!

Bring it back!

[BadGimp]

30. good one

[tech3149]

13. I say it's time we start making more of our own cheese

Why smuggle something you can make yourself? It's a shame it takes about 5 gal of milk to make a pound of cheese. Fortunately I can get it fresh from the farm and pay about 30% more than they would get from the processor, which is about half what I would pay at the store. I think I figured it at about $3.60/lb a few years ago.
I don't think I could live without cheese, and bread, and bacon, or the occasional steak, corn on the cob, or fresh homegrown tomatoes.

[eggplant]

14. It was smuggled inside huge bales of marijuana. The cheese smell tipped off the dogs. n/t

[central scrutinizer]

18. I am fromaged at this

nfm

[Historic NY]

20. Ah its mutz (mozzarella)...no wonder.

you just can't make pizza with cheddar. I do enjoy "old Canadian cheese" & cherry whiskey which my friends bring over

[tabasco]

21. The horror.

Good thing we have well-paid government agents to prevent this kind of thing.

Nothing less than A War on Cheese can stop this scourge!

[Megahurtz]

23. LOL n/t

[kentauros]

24. I've found one of the buyers:

[Kali]

25. BWAHAHAHAHAHHA!!!!!!

those wacky Canadians!

[longship]

26. The horror of running a cheese shop in Moose Factory, ON

I mean, have you ever really tried to get Venezuelan Beaver Cheese on James Bay?

[OrwellwasRight]

38. One of my favorites sketches!

Not much call for it?

[whistler162]

40. With a branch in beautiful downtown

Moosonee where the streets are always sanded! Very beautiful country up that way, took the Ontario and Northland out of Toronto one year to Moosonee.

Have you had their Moose Head Cheese?

[longship]

41. Or the Polar Bear Express out of Sault Ste Marie.

The Algoma Central Railroad. I remember the home made films of a world traveller on Detroit's channel 4, hosted by George Perot (sp?), in the fifties who travelled up there. The railroad would dump you off at any milepost, and if you stood by the track, they would pick you up, even with your canoe.

It went from the Soo to James Bay and was frequently used by trappers and sportsmen.

[trouble.smith]

27. Cheese smugglers. My God, what has the world come to?

[Thor_MN]

28. Cheeses could be walking right across Lake Superior from Wisconsin to Ontario

[zazen]

29. blessed are the cheesemakers

[OrwellwasRight]

37. That's obviously not mean to be taken literally.

It refers to all manufacturers of dairy products.

[dipsydoodle]

33. Misread that and thought it said Canada Geese

I thought They lay about 18 eggs at at time and a gang of that lot can be a real frigging nuisance when you're fishing. Anyone wanting the entire UK stock of those birds is welcome - they are officially classed as pests here now.

That is not to say I would personally harm even one of them.

[FrodosPet]

35. Legalize cheese

If cheese were legal and readily available, then there would not be any financial incentive for organized crime.

Legalize it, and put a large tax on it to pay for recovery programs.

[OrwellwasRight]

39. ROTFLMAO

[Marrah_G]

36. LOL !

[LisaL]

43. Crime of the century right here.

[randome]

44. "Is that a limburger in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?"

[Kindly Refrain]

45. Blessed are the cheese smugglers

[KamaAina]

46. Cheese it! The cops!