Canadians Seize Stolen Maple Syrup

Authorities in Canada appear to be closing in on the sticky-fingered crooks behind history's biggest maple syrup heist. Police have seized more than $1.4 million worth of syrup—500,000 pounds of the stuff—from a warehouse in New Brunswick, the Globe and Mail reports. Investigators will test the seized syrup to confirm it is part of the $20 million in stock stolen from Quebec's strategic syrup reserve. A lawyer for the company that bought the syrup says its suppliers are "small, poor farmers" and it had no idea it was buying stolen syrup.