Authorities have arrested a man they believe to be involved in a gourmet cheddar heist that left the artisanal cheese community reeling.
A 63-year-old man has been charged with the theft of 22 tons of artisanal cheddar, worth £300,000 (about $390,000), from Neal's Yard Dairy. The stolen goods — 950 wheels of high-quality cheddar — were delivered to a fraudster posing as a legitimate distributor for a French retailer, only for the cheese to disappear, allegedly to markets in Russia and the Middle East.
