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The company Neal's Yard Dairy, which is engaged in the distribution of cheese, appealed to the London police with a statement about the theft of 22 tons of cheddar worth about 300 thousand. pounds sterling.
The thief posed as a wholesale French retailer, the Associated Press writes.
Thieves who know fine cheeses have carried out a large-scale theft of cheddar in London.
Neal's Yard Dairy said a fraudster posing as a wholesale distributor for a major French retailer stole 22 metric tons (48 pounds) of award-winning cheddar worth 488 British pounds ($300) before the company realized that she was cheated and reported the theft.
"The high monetary value of these cheeses likely made them a particular target for thieves," Neal's Yard Dairy, a distributor, wholesaler and retailer of British artisanal cheeses, said in a statement.
Detectives from Scotland Yard and international authorities are looking for the criminals.
Almost 1 wheels of cloth-wrapped cheese from three producers, Hafod Welsh organic cheddar, Westcombe cheddar and Pitchfork cheddar, went missing.
The dairy sells a wedge of Hafod cheddar for 12,90 pounds ($16,70) for 270 grams (9,5 ounces).
Tom Culver, director of Westcombe Dairy, said a lot of effort went into making the cheese, which was aged for 12 to 18 months.
"We're devastated," Culver said. "The fact that it was stolen ... it's absolutely horrific."