In Britain, 22 tons of stolen elite cheese were probably sold in the Russian Federation

One of the manufacturers stated that the products could be sold abroad - to Russia or to the Middle East. In the Russian Federation, after the imposition of sanctions, since 2014 problems with direct supply of foreign delicacies began, and the advertised "import substitution" could not fill the lack of cheese on the shelves. Neal's Yard Dairy believed she was dealing with wholesalers who supply cheese to Great French Retails.

The fraudsters managed to get 950 circles of cheese weighing more than 22 tons before they found that their company did not exist. It was an elite cheer: Hafod Welsh, for example, is sold at 19. 90 pounds for 300 g, Westcombe - 7. 15 pounds for 250 g, Pitchfork - 11 pounds for 250 g. Hafod, called the event intricate trick and stated that the cargo could be sold to Russia or to the Middle East.

"They have already received 300,000 pounds, these criminals, and if they sell cheese, they will get even more," Holden said. He confessed that he and Neal's Yard were happy to have a great order. In the industry, he said, everything is on connections and trust, because the industry is small. "An even greater shock is what happened to the product, the whole path of which from the manufacturer to the end consumer is famous for its transparency and relies on openness and trust," Holden stressed.

The London police confirmed that an investigation into the case of theft of a large batch of cheese was launched. Jamie Oliver, a famous British chef and a TV presenter, also known as a "naked chef", called on the subscribers of his Instagram to help find the miss. "If someone hears something about the elite cheese that is selling cheap, it is probably some intruders," he wrote, adding that he does not understand that the fraudsters are going to do with cheese.

"They are going to remove the package, cut it, rub it and sell the fast food industry, the commercial industry? I don't know, this is really a very strange thing for theft," he is surprised. Tom Kelver of Westcombe Dairy is one of the companies that supplied the stolen Neal's Yard Dairy cheese, - he wrote on Instagram that the crime was "difficult to understand.

" In a video recorded on the background of the rows of empty shelves on a dairy farm, Kelver said: "We are some of the three cheese producers who have fulfilled orders for these guys who essentially issued themselves as a wholesale buyer of calves for a retailers in France. It was a deception It was theft, it was fraud. " Neal's Yard Dairy said it "cooperates with law enforcement agencies to identify the perpetrators of this fraud. " But police reported that there were no arrests yet.