FULL STORY: The Sweetest Heist

An alleged band of thieves, a black market and a sticky haul worth millions - 16x9 investigates the incredible case of missing maple syrup. For more info, please go to globalnews.ca/n...

[@willwright2227]

I find it amusing that a huge heist in Canada is maple syrup.

[@JosephKulik2016]

What I can't believe is the amount of maple syrup that they're talking about. Who consume that much of it ?

[@dwtrksvc]

I'd be looking at the Highway Patrol Officers from Super Troopers.

[@GrooveFederation]

to catch the thieves just look out for mass thefts of smoked bacon...

[@nataliexu5624]

well it was 18 million dollars worth so

[@goatyqt4553]

You can’t understand. This is pure MADNESS. HOW COULD THEY?!

[@flyinspirals]

'It's *just* maple syrup' -- ?! I'll take maple syrup over diamonds any day : )

[@danieldetweiler1259]

The maple syrup cartels.... I LOVE it!!

[@c318i]

you just made my day :D

[@tryingharder6392]

Yeah, with the full blessing of the Quebec government for sure too. Think lobbyists and politicians eating pancakes, eh

[@rogerscottcathey]

"Psst, hey, kid, want some maple syrup?"

[@zigzagbigbag]

Should've fill every barrel with water. If the empty barrel had water who knows how long it would've taken to find out.

[@Oscar_Armstrong]

what i thought

[@irenemax3574]

zigzagbigbag Laziness and hubris.

[@robrobert9541]

Ahhh, if only reporters hounded our politicians the way they do maple syrup thieves. Instead, they allow the politicians to determine what questions will be posed and answered, and when they say that's enough questions the reporters say, "OK - thank you once again for the non-answers to the pre-approved questions."

[@RyanKing00]

My friend, an American: you guys are lucky. Canada has almost no crime! Me:

[@canehdiansteve3455]

@ Stealing millions of dollars of a product is surely a "real crime" is it not? I agree that the federation is bad and that this wasn't exactly an armed heist but theft is theft at the end of the day.

[@kohls9891]

This just improves our reputation on how much we love maple syrup

[@wiamoaw]

Sounds like the plot to the next series of Trailer Park Boys....

[@joecarlson6861]

RIP LAHEY!

[@gameoflife9581]

Corey and Trevor u dumb fucks they on 2 u now

[@youngmedi8447]

Game of Life bubbles definitely said that lol

[@oscyvizionreal9508]

bubbles need the syrup for his kitty hotel xD

[@John-X]

Considering they were stealing piss from public restrooms to sell to junkies so they could pass drug tests...this would be the cleanest job they ever did.

[@Bouchon211]

I bet the thieves have been eating a shit load of pancakes.

[@damonthomas8955]

There's a black market for maple syrup!!??!! I thought the black market dealt exclusively with molasses.

[@NxDoyle]

I can't listen to this woman repeatedly say soorup instead of syrup.

[@gameoflife9581]

Nx Doyle 8:03 this guy can't even speak properly but he KNOW it's syrup and not surp

[@gameoflife9581]

🤣🤣🤣

[@alexdelux2254]

Spell it like you would say it, if you don’t mind, cuz I can’t seem to get two different pronunciations, also, I have no clue how to use commas, properly.

[@ZnenTitan]

Just wait until she gets to the part about the "Ware-hose" they stole it from.

[@daniel213141]

@@gameoflife9581 Speak properly? His first language is French, not English.

[@Jotainkivaa123]

Awesome video, 25 mins of Canadian stereorypes! And that cheesy dramatic narration! Brilliant!

[@angelaphsiao]

Some countries have illegal drug smuggling rings. Canada has maple syrup.

[@mrm5183]

I wouldn’t recommend this, you could find yourself in a real sticky situation

[@violagentsch]

Fking kidding me? Feds get to control my maple syrup? No way.

[@J-Gx]

Welcome back 16x9. Missed you!

[@Rudizel]

Wait this clown climbed that high up with a chance of falling and a misplaced 600 pound barrel landing on him? This is why company safety videos exist, because people like that. Also 30 million in property and no security cameras? Come on man it costs about 3k for a solid system to be installed.

[@C-Murph]

Hey sorry there buddy but this is Canada, eh.

[@masaharumorimoto4761]

as a canadian I joke all the time about maple syrup... now I can just copy paste this link to them :P excellent report!

[@prophetmargin7497]

On a recent episode of "Mom" they went up to Canada to buy black market maple syrup because they could resell it for 10 times the price in the states!

[@theandyshow2167]

Yessssss!

[@gorgiascae5682]

Monopoly of syrup only a country like Canada would do something like that.

[@ZnenTitan]

Psssst. Hey bud, I got barrel of hot maple "sir-rup" that fell off the truck. I can sell it to you cheap.

[@TheJapanChannelDcom]

"sawrup"? "what-er"?? hahahahhahahaha

[@gbear1005]

Typical that the govt didn't notice the loss, the increased water bill...

[@scottp2584]

Canadian police also got busted in an illegal cheese smuggling ring from the USA across the border to avoid taxes lol. Canadians have been specializing in harmless, laughable but profitable crime since forever! The world could learn so much from us

[@AnythingMike]

Scott P 🤣🤣🤣

[@jimmyfreeman5714]

A little at a time..a little at a time.

[@WEOO000000]

i guarantee that the federation knew what was about to happen. if you knowingly had a warehouse full of any product that was worth 30 million, you would have some sort of security. them not having anything, not even cameras is just too suspicious.

[@Samuel-dg4jv]

Riley Paschal there actually is security

[@holoholopainen1627]

No Crime in Canada !

[@godseye13k]

Good point.

[@godseye13k]

@@Samuel-dg4jv not at the time there wasnt.

[@MoreUniqueThanMost]

Lots of secrets here. Very syruptitious.

[@supersonicdickhead374]

don't be a sap

[@supersonicdickhead374]

Baby Daddy in what way?

[@coachb2766]

Lee Taylor 👍

[@bluemountaindrivepae]

18 million dollars of maple syrup was sold for pennies on the dollar. If the truckers would have only took 10 gallons of syrup from each barrel and watered down the syrup to fill the barrel they would not have been caught.

[@robrobert9541]

So if I heard that correctly each barrel was worth $1800. If that warehouse had been full of TV sets, or other electronics valued at half that price per unit there would have been a security guard, or at the very least a security patrol and alarm system. If something has value it has the potential to attract thieves. And I didn't like the way that guy being interviewed answered the question "was the Federation involved in the theft," either. Something about his body language just made me suspicious. I'm no expert on that sort of thing, but I've had kids that looked the same way when they lied. It's possible he was turning a blind eye to it to collect on the insurance in addition to a little cash on the side.

[@travishagan8951]

Rob Robert They must have figured who would steal maple syrup and who would buy it from them? they probably just didn't think that somebody would be able to profit off of it so much that it would be a viable thing to steal hence the lack security procedures

[@tommybear1097]

Rob Robert I think it was more of a logistics issue that they relied on as being a deterrent. Each barrel weighs upwards of 600lbs and it would take some serious manpower to manhandle these things into trucks or vans. They put a lot of faith in their employees and entrusted that they wouldn't or couldn't coordinate such a theft. The federation obviously didn't see much risk in storing these in a warehouse where a fence was the only form of protection. Maybe they were in on it, maybe they had suspicions and turned a blind eye because of debts owed/extortion, or maybe they were paid to turn a blind eye and they were expecting an insurance check so they didn't really worry. Then again they could have stolen their own product and moved it to an undisclosed warehouse where it would be hidden in an attempt to collect an insurance check while they slowly move the "stolen" product back into rotation or sell it off in small sales that wouldn't be deemed suspicious. The reality is that we may never know what truly happened but it does seem as though they relied too heavily on these barrels being 600lbs and a logistical nightmare that your every day criminal wouldn't have been able to move or house, nor would they be able to facilitate that large of a sale.

[@DrX_1030]

The redhead, is an absolute smoke show!

[@HistoricSteamTV]

The fort knox of maple syrup, great canadian story. Sap sucker thieves, price fixing eventually fails.

[@pauLme444]

Maple sourop. 😅😅 i love this lady..

[@coachb2766]

Who fences 10k barrels of maple syrup. Likely buyers ? 3rd world countries ? Maybe a rival syrup producing country backed the heist.

[@ellenorbjornsdottir1166]

like the US.

[@noahschmartz2354]

I never wanted pan-cakes so bad.

[@BrokenMedic]

This is the most Canadian thing ever.

[@ibecomhaire8724]

If only the thieves had apologized.

[@luauleialoha9645]

Watched because I love heist shows...didn't think I'd see where I live... little ol' Lancaster, NH

[@AnythingMike]

She said maple sewrup 💀🤣

[@honey47]

Okay, who stole the Maple syrup? Sorry, but it had to be said there bud. WHO NEEDS THAT MUCH SYRUP THERE BUD? You must be as high as giraffe nuts there bud if you are gonna steal that much maple syrup. As a canadian, that felt awkward to type lol.

[@edmccaffrey1]

The federation was absolutely involved. They sold the syrup on the black market and then filed an insurance claim. Double dipping, easy to see. Producers and buyers got stiffed.

[@tomthumb2660]

An event about molasses. Boston Molasses Disaster or the Great Boston Molasses Flood. Sometimes referred to locally as the Boston Molassacre, occurred on January 15, 1919, in the North End of Boston. A large storage tank burst, filled with 2,300,000 US gallons. (8,700 m3; 8,706,447 liters) (12,000 tons; 10,886 metric tons; 24,000,000 (lbs) of molasses. A wave of molasses rushed through the streets at an estimated 35 mph (56 km/h), killing 21 and injuring 150. The event entered local folklore and residents claimed for decades afterwards that the area still smelled of molasses on hot summer days. The humanity the humanity.

[@Dwightstjohn-fo8ki]

a few years ago we had an ice storm that literally destroyed orchards in Quebec. that's why you have/introduce "supply chain" management. decades ago our homesteads were no where near the markets: corn, beef, chickens, horses, grains....that's why these systems were so good. roads in Canada were a muddy disaster just a few decades ago. However, static control should be progressive and not afraid to change, but you end up with lifelong employees that are happin with no change.

[@ellenorbjornsdottir1166]

happin = happy*?

[@burntsider8457]

As with so much journalism today, this focusses on the who much more than the how.

[@PSTRIPPLEE]

i called the police to my house regarding the biggest crime in history where massive investigation happened in my apartment of someone that stole my milk in my fridge.

[@orangequant]

Very interesting story. Public interest vs private rights. Thank you.

[@blackdogslivesmatter1568]

Wow Impossible to get through this without wanting pancakes.

[@AnnieVanAuken]

Strange pronunciation of the word SYRUP. It almost sounds like she's saying SURP. Where I'm from (Connecticut) the word has two distinct syllables, SEAR-UP.

[@mrchrisnoll1]

Exactly my thoughts! "Suurup"?? Agreed who does she think she is? Seerup is a little closer.

[@AnnieVanAuken]

@@mrchrisnoll1 Great minds.. et cetera. :?)

[@godblesschild808]

I would like my syrup now for my pancakes please and for my french toast lol

[@chrissmith8128]

To think there are people out there on deck with that sticky maple goodness blows my mind.

[@nymalous3428]

Here in the USA I have some friends who are originally from Canada. They tell me that Canadian maple syrup is better than the stuff we can get here. I suppose if you have a taste for it that could be true. And it most certainly is true when you compare it to the artificial stuff that is mostly corn syrup with colors and maybe some flavoring. But I have recently had some maple syrup that was made here in the USA, contains no corn syrup, has no artificial flavors/colors, and tastes quite wonderful. I had some with homemade French toast for Christmas breakfast just yesterday.

[@SalimMahmood-killuminati]

why climb it when its 6 barrels high without any safety ???!!!! his fault!

[@RangerXXT]

my accounting class sent me here.....

[@petrovsimon]

She says the word Syrup really funny

[@martinpecheur8506]

Simon Petrov surup...it's a new kind of viscous liquid...I guess

[@keithbaker9946]

Martin Gagnon

[@maxamillionfreedom2754]

i say it like "seerup"but with just a hint of the "y" i grew up around Canadian syrup farmers and ofcourse fellow syrup chugging Canadians so i would imagine my accent isnt one of a kind.

[@matth7873]

I'm canadian and this is how I have always heard it pronounced 'sur-up'

[@commentsboardreferee7434]

My dad's from Sherbrooke and him and his dad (my granddad) both say sir-up with jus the slightest "y" sound between the s and the i...it's almost like saying see-europe without the first two e's? But I've got aunts and uncles that have maples in Vermont that they have tapped (by others) so that influence may have snuck in... The way she pronounces it sounds odd to me, I'll say that. But there's nothing like real maple syrup, however your pronounce it. I prefer it to honey.

[@MalcolmGuindon]

#canadianthuglife

[@djdz8322]

2 things, one: crude oil isn't worth shit. it's crude, it's not refined. two: brilliant.

[@josephlouwerse2105]

Why does one have a warehouse with $18 MILLION worth of maple syrup and have NO security cameras/personnel!!

[@shuboy05]

This is definitely the most Canadian heist of all time....

[@henryraymond8676]

So we control the supply and therefore price of syrup in Canada - Quebec but we are surprised someone would steal it. Maybe you should have hired a security guard oh yeah that would cost us money and we are so cheap and greedy even at $1800 a barrel that we just left it there. Well someone knew it was there unguarded and viola it's gone. Breaks my heart.

[@SpectrumSurvivalist]

I'm with you, they got what they deserved maybe, depends on if they themselves stole their own product and sold it then tried to collect the insurance too. At any rate, I won't lose any sleep over any cartel trying to control and inflate prices getting ripped off, after all, that's what these people do to us all isn't it?

[@WJack97224]

The "Federation" is opposed to the free market and uses force to impose its dictates. So, by creating such "laws" there is built-in the attractiveness for crime and the black market. In short, "The Federation" facilitated the criminal activity by fixing the market for syrup. America has made this mistake with alcohol and drugs, prohibiting their uses and in both case they have led to massive crime/robberies/murders. This is not to excuse the maple syrup thieves but their evil was facilitated by "The Federation." Best to let the market decide prices or value of goods and services and the government should not intervene. The competition from the US is of course the punishment for the dictatorial power of "The Federation." The Federation is a form of legalized crime empire and it must be terminated.

[@jakemcquade3157]

I'm watching a show about syrup thieves? I'm going outside to play.

[@gr8sl8m8]

Big crooks getting robbed by small crooks. Not big deal.

[@Gcal1956]

Hard to focus when she keeps calling it surup. Not syrup. It’s her accent.

[@godseye13k]

How the hell is that worth more than oil. This world is crazy.

[@69Phuket]

Surp! What! The Maple kind?

[@flyinspirals]

It is strange. The way she pronounces it. With such gusto.

[@robertvorster8933]

Pretty much everything of this girl annoys me >.< Surp being the worst... WTF

[@djdz8322]

Robert Vorster lol quit watching at 2:09 b/c surp

[@JosephPbuckleyNorthAmerican]

+69Phuket DoubleCup.....

[@daleHarrison93]

the maple kind yeah! hahahahahhahaa !!

[@robertplatt1693]

Overproduction of an agricultural commodity helps nobody. It wastes energy and gives advantage to the most heavily capitalized.

[@adamfrbs9259]

Wisconsin set worldwide cheese prices for decades....they didn't scam the little farms and it worked for everyone as far as I know. Why can't the Canadians do it right for their own syrup producers?

[@charlie-magnegumpal7572]

The federation became the Mafia in maple syrup

[@victorvictor8587]

That's Aunt Jemima for you Not that Innocent Always planning always Contriving .

[@albatorsodoku8717]

Sounds like the federation is losing ground. I don't think it will last for long, but Quebec is known for creating hurdles. The black market exists everywhere, but it is definitely high in Quebec. There's no way that somebody would leave 30M without security... little shops on the market with 5,000$ of merchandise have at least a security system. For the ones in the USA thinking they can take the market... remember that there's a lot of maples that are not tapped here too... You guys don't accept that there's a climate change which changes the whole thing for the future of maple syrup in the USA. One if not the biggest producer has 162,000 maples and the season is longer here and the demand for the real maple syrup is from Canada not Aunt Jemima from the USA. I had Vermont syrup and it's very similar and instead of working against one another it be an advantage to not to fight. Good show / report thanks.

[@snowy800123]

reminds me of breaking bad

[@monsterEN98]

Sounds like a trailer park episode 😂😂😂

[@danroux4010]

The federation is stockpiling to lower supply for high pricing. They are definitely a nasty bunch of scoudrels.

[@josephlouwerse2105]

Yep

[@lifeinthefastlane8242]

Sippin on some sizerp

[@derrickanderson2783]

"Drop it like it's hooot, drop it like it's hoooot...I got the syrup on my arm and I roll the best barrel cause I got it going ooon"

[@michaelblevins8422]

Fed's can audit the amount of syrup. but not the gold reserves at Fort Knox

[@LosCristeros317]

michael blevins one is in Canada one is in the USA lol

[@fuckjewtube69]

lmfao this whole show

[@eldridgecurrie9332]

Vermont USA braggs (as Americans ususally, do that it is BUT Quebec Canada is BY FAR, the TOP producer of Maple Syrup in the WORLD.

[@MrChristopoop]

There are many, many untapped sugar bushes here in eastern US. Just need to light a fire under people and they will start producing. More dairy farms go out of business, the more they will be replaced by maple syrup producers. I have seen big growth in my portion of central ny in the last ten years I have patrolled these roads. He may have been boastful but it is a possibility.

[@devinman00]

I swear this woman has the funniest He/She Voice

[@ellenorbjornsdottir1166]

shove off.

[@rock3tcatU233]

Surp!

[@JulietNerming]

only in canada, would this be of the up most importance. and how can the states "easily dwarf" quebec? it's like half the size of the states.

[@ContraMundumPress]

Put your siiir-UPP in a stirrup. Siiir-UPP. Siiir-UPP. Siiir-UPP!

[@Joelontugs]

The Canadians have fallen lol

[@HULLGRAFFITI]

It's their own stupid fault ...as if you keep it in some shady cheap storage place with no security...! Surely if you had 30million dollars in any form ,oil,drugs , electronics ect ect you would protect it , surely.....unless you was in on it and diliberatley let it be kept somewhere easy to rip off....

[@g9490]

timestamp:11:34

[@TheRustAdmin]

0:13 storn? Surely she should say stored?

[@Malisti04]

Listen carefully

[@minds777]

How the hell are they going to sell 6 million worth of Syrup

[@funbomb1102]

I did t know syrup was so serious

[@donaldhill2972]

I never have used it. I like Ms Butterworth.

[@iangates8815]

one barrel probably would have lasted your life. a gallon per year for fifty five years . wow thats alot.

[@Breeder333]

The only thing sweeter than that syrup is Caroline Jarvis. What a beauty🤩

[@amehel0]

I cant think of another single industry where growers are legally forced to supply only one wholsesaler. Essentially its legalised price fixing which in my country is illegal. And then they wonder why theres a huge blackmarket. If i make or grow a product or item i will sell it to whoever i want at whatever price i want.

[@daweedking1]

My bet is on a fraudulent accounting incident for insurance purposes.

[@bluemountaindrivepae]

Any maple tree can be tapped. Sugar maples are the sweetest and best though.

[@leananshae]

As a Vermonter, I'm always sad to see the sugar trucks heading north for the Quebec border... the Canadians use our sugar as part of their scheme to control syrup prices and I think thats ultimately a form of monopoly... our syrup producers may enjoy the higher prices they can demand from our puny local stock (sold mostly to tourists because locals tend to have friends with sugarbushes who sell them the best dark amber at fair prices) but then Canada can flood the market any time they want and then what?

[@SpectrumSurvivalist]

Then we don't buy, we control the prices, take a year off and eat something else and see what happens. The people have power if they choose to wield it. There are other types of syrup one can make due with for a year or two, or forever if need be.

[@Free_Krazy]

Then it becomes a one sticky flood......

[@sxavathi9295]

Nothing was stolen but the factory wanted to inflate its inventory figures for reporting purposes.

[@diabolical4142]

Glad 16x9 is back!!

[@joejunk8770]

This is the most Canadian thing I've ever seen

[@philippuglisi9800]

Check the aunt jamama theft last week for the criminals

[@jasonantigua6825]

This heist was sweet

[@kelvinkurniawanshorts]

coming here from peter mckinnon

[@servico100]

So sad The price fixing of the product only enticed a sweet crime.