The great British cheese heist: Who stole $390,000 of cheddar?

Neal's Yard Dairy, an artisan cheese shop and distributor in London's Borough Market, lost $390,000 of cheese to fraudsters [Shutterstock]

When art and scams come together, it’s usually paintings and sculptures that make the news. However, in a strange turn of events, Neal’s Yard Dairy, a distributor and retailer of British cheese based in London’s Borough Market has been defrauded of 300,000 pounds ($389,000) worth of award-winning, cloth-bound artisan cheese.

In a statement, the Metropolitan Police said: “On Monday, 21 October, we received a report of the theft of a large quantity of cheese from a manufacturer based in Southwark. Enquiries are ongoing into the circumstances.”