# Police probing Quebec maple syrup heist worth up to $30-million

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**Created:** [August 31, 2012, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-probing-quebec-maple-syrup-heist-worth-up-to-30-million/633226 "2012-08-31T03:54:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-probing-quebec-maple-syrup-heist-worth-up-to-30-million/633226/101 "2012-12-18T17:19:51Z")

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> [@Hypno-Toad](#):
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> So was that $30 million estimate in street value?
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No, I think that’s for pure Quebec Gold, man. When they cut it with artificial fructose and divide it into those little single serving packets, they can sell it for 5 times more.

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**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-probing-quebec-maple-syrup-heist-worth-up-to-30-million/633226/102 "2012-12-18T17:35:44Z")

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More news [here](http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Stolen+maple+syrup+case+arrested+more+sought/7714704/story.html). If I’m reading this correctly, they never stole the barrels; instead, they siphoned out the contents of 16,000 barrels. The police have recovered 70% of the stolen syrup.

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**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-probing-quebec-maple-syrup-heist-worth-up-to-30-million/633226/103 "2012-12-20T14:01:23Z")

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This _NY Times_ article is a good primer for an international audience:

[Arrests Made in Maple Syrup Theft from Quebec Warehouse](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/20/business/arrests-made-in-maple-syrup-theft-from-quebec-warehouse.html)

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**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-probing-quebec-maple-syrup-heist-worth-up-to-30-million/633226/104 "2012-12-20T15:39:18Z")

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I heard that Space Pirate [Hadfield took off to the ISS yesterday with tubes of maple syrup](http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/i-m-not-doing-this-for-admiration-canadian-astronaut-chris-hadfield-makes-history-1.1083229)so as escape Canadian jurisdiction.

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