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iceman

The NZ version of the Great Train Robbery occurred yesterday.

Several large blocks of cheese were stolen during the heist.




Two arrested over cheese heist

4:07 PM Wednesday Nov 11, 2009

Two people have been arrested in relation to a cheese heist in Manawatu this morning and police are investigating further possible thefts from the train that was robbed.
The arrests came after a rail worker spotted people acting suspiciously on a track near Halcombe, northwest of Palmerston North, about 7am.
They drove away in a car throwing blocks of cheese out the window as they went, but were stopped by police soon afterwards.
Eight 20kg blocks were recovered in the area and another five were found further northwest near Marton, said police spokeswoman Kim Perks.
Ms Perks said after the train, which had been carrying the cheese, arrived in Auckland today it was discovered that five of its containers had been broken into.
"All five containers have been isolated and police are now working with KiwiRail to establish what was in the containers and exactly what, if anything, had been stolen from them."
One was confirmed as carrying cheese and another was believed to be carrying malt.
The two people arrested were a man and woman aged 21 and 23 respectively.
The train had gone through the Halcombe area over six hours before the pair were stopped.

Police said this morning it was believed passers-by had helped themselves to cheese blocks found by the roadside.
This afternoon police were investigating whether the cheese was stashed and if the pair were linked with the actual break-ins.
- NZPA

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Tbirdnz

Caught in the act 'eh ! I bet they were cheesed off.

.....when the mug shots are taken the cops will probably say "Smile, say cheese !"


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propforward

This will whey heavily on their minds in years to come. They must be feeling very bleu right now.

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LightningJack

They sound like some real dirty rats!

Nodster

I heard on the jungle drums that they were released and sent on their whey

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iceman

....... I understand that the suspects got a 'grilling' and are being 'processed' as we speak.

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propforward

No doubt they will be thrown back into the melting pot of society. No need to string them along longer than necessary, that would just be milking the situation.

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Catenaccio

Strange they'd just throw the cheese from the vehicle. Weren't they going to edam?

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RonL

Pics of the suspects (wow, she's ugly, a real dog):


And in their getaway vehicle:

jimballard

So, they were caught when they tried to "gouda"way.............

I'm "fondue" this sort of stuff: Jim

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