Four tonne cheese stolen in France

London: No cheesy theft this! Thieves in France broke into a dairy on Friday and stole four tonnes of cheese that is estimated to be worth a whopping 40,000 euros.

The cheese in question was not your regular Babybel either — it was Comte, a luxury cheese which can only be made in the Franche-Comte region using unpasteurised cow’s milk.

French luxury goods have often been the target of organised crime gangs with designer goods like hand bags and luxury products such as perfume often targeted. But times are changing and it appears thieves can make easy money stealing cheese.

The owner of the Napier dairy in the town of Goux-les-Usiers, eastern France, reported a break-in the previous night. Thieves had helped themselves to approximately one hundred wheels of Comte cheese, The Local reported.