Man charged for stealing 12,000 kg of cheese

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Man charged for stealing 12,000 kg of cheese
Caroline Lepage, QMI Agency First posted: Friday, February 20, 2015 02:21 PM EST | Updated: Friday, February 20, 2015 02:33 PM EST
SAINT-GUILLAUME, Que. - A Quebec man's plan for a big cheese heist didn't turn out so gouda.
An employee at the cheese store in Saint-Guillaume, Que., located about 100 km northeast of Montreal, is accused of stealing 12,000 kilograms of cheese.
After attempting three small thefts in December and January, police say the man went for the big score, loading a semi-trailer with 20 pallets of mostly cheddar and mozzarella that needed to be cut and packaged.
The cheese was valued at $185,000.
Patrick Westcott, 48, has been charged.
Yan Jodoin, who owns the Frommagerie in Victoriaville, Que., 85 km east of Saint-Guillame, says he suspects the robbery was committed by members of "the cheese mafia."
According to Jodoin, competition in the cheese world is so fierce that vendors will do anything to keep their market share.
Another cheesehead, Jean Morin, called the cheese store in Saint-Guillame "a big cheese among the small," and that the cheese war centres on mozzarella and cheddar.
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