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(3,746 posts) Thu Sep 27, 2012, 07:18 PM Sep 2012

Canada cheese-smuggling ring busted - policeman charged [View all]

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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Canada cheese-smuggling ring busted - policeman charged [View all] Bosonic Sep 2012 OP

I wonder who had to cut it nt MrScorpio Sep 2012 #1

Probably... Bosonic Sep 2012 #4

Gouda work! tanyev Sep 2012 #2

Ha! CrazyOrangeCat Sep 2012 #7

But what about the Canadian Bacon? IthinkThereforeIAM Sep 2012 #3

Cheese getaway truck caught on video Submariner Sep 2012 #19

Let me know when they catch the REAL crooks - The Maple Syrup Rustlers slackmaster Sep 2012 #5

What an adorable country! CreekDog Sep 2012 #6

The dirty rats Berlum Sep 2012 #8

Pretty cheesy contraband. nt valerief Sep 2012 #9

YOU WIN!!! SkyDaddy7 Sep 2012 #31

Thank you, thank you. Don't forget to tip your waitress. nt valerief Sep 2012 #34

Cheese Whiz! yellowcanine Sep 2012 #10

If the cheese is being smuggled into Canada, Art_from_Ark Sep 2012 #11

I believe it is a border treaty thing with the Dominion of Canada. Throckmorton Sep 2012 #15

It still doesn't make any sense to me Art_from_Ark Sep 2012 #16

The whey this was done bothers you? HereSince1628 Sep 2012 #17

It curda been done differently XemaSab Sep 2012 #22

Which story says cheese was confiscated in the US? muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 #32

Preparing to smuggle is an inchoate offense, Throckmorton Oct 2012 #42

Hey, that's nacho cheese! OrwellwasRight Sep 2012 #12

good one BadGimp Sep 2012 #30

I say it's time we start making more of our own cheese tech3149 Sep 2012 #13

It was smuggled inside huge bales of marijuana. The cheese smell tipped off the dogs. n/t eggplant Sep 2012 #14

I am fromaged at this central scrutinizer Sep 2012 #18

Ah its mutz (mozzarella)...no wonder. Historic NY Sep 2012 #20

The horror. tabasco Sep 2012 #21

LOL n/t Megahurtz Sep 2012 #23

I've found one of the buyers: kentauros Sep 2012 #24

BWAHAHAHAHAHHA!!!!!! Kali Sep 2012 #25

The horror of running a cheese shop in Moose Factory, ON longship Sep 2012 #26

One of my favorites sketches! OrwellwasRight Sep 2012 #38

With a branch in beautiful downtown whistler162 Sep 2012 #40

Or the Polar Bear Express out of Sault Ste Marie. longship Sep 2012 #41

Cheese smugglers. My God, what has the world come to? trouble.smith Sep 2012 #27

Cheeses could be walking right across Lake Superior from Wisconsin to Ontario Thor_MN Sep 2012 #28

blessed are the cheesemakers zazen Sep 2012 #29

That's obviously not mean to be taken literally. OrwellwasRight Sep 2012 #37

Misread that and thought it said Canada Geese dipsydoodle Sep 2012 #33

Legalize cheese FrodosPet Sep 2012 #35

ROTFLMAO OrwellwasRight Sep 2012 #39

LOL ! Marrah_G Sep 2012 #36

Crime of the century right here. LisaL Oct 2012 #43

"Is that a limburger in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?" randome Oct 2012 #44

Blessed are the cheese smugglers Kindly Refrain Oct 2012 #45

Cheese it! The cops! KamaAina Oct 2012 #46