Why so many cheese heists? As B.C. cops foil another, here’s why cheese is so valuable [Video]

Some of the recent heists have been sophisticated, risky, lucrative.

They have grabbed our attention, sparked our sympathy, and riled our imaginations. Maybe it’s because we love a decent crime story — whether the would-be thieves are thwarted, or make off with hundreds of thousands of dollars in stolen goods.

Or maybe it’s just the fact that what they’re stealing is cheese. Luxury cheese, in fact.

On Thursday, B.C. RCMP revealed they’d recently foiled an attempted cheese heist at a Whole Foods in North Vancouver. They’d been on patrol Sept. 29 when they found a cart full of cheese outside the grocery store. A suspect fled on foot, leaving $12,800 worth of cheese behind.