Flour bandits!
Check this out: two guys were arrested this week at the Port of Albany for stealing flour. Yep, the stuff used to make bread. The haul seized at the time of the arrest was worth almost $2 grand, but police think the duo might be responsible for as much as 375 tons of flour that's gone missing at the port.
So why lift flour? Prices for wheat (and other agricultural commodities) have shot through the roof over the last year, which has in turn pushed flour prices up. At one point this year, wholesale flour prices were double what they were last year. The cost increases have been crunching places like pizzerias, and as we found out earlier this year, bagel shops.
Even so, it's kind of weird to think there's a black market for flour -- it's not the kind of white powder that usually shows up in police raids.
Earlier on AOA:
+ Worth its weight in copper
(Thanks, Michelle!)
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