A Penticton warehouse containing milk and ice cream products was subject to a second break and enter in two weeks after thieves made off with several products on Sunday night, March 20, 2016. Credit: Wikimedia commons

Penticton warehouse hit by cheese burglars again

PENTICTON – Penticton’s ice cream bandits have struck again.

Or maybe it's a case of lactose larceny.

For the second time this month, Newstead Distribution Warehouse was the target of a break and enter where fresh and frozen dairy products were taken from the warehouse, located at 1860 Government St. in Penticton.

Thieves scooped cheese, chocolate milk, ice cream and a Mastercraft air compressor from the business sometime overnight on Sunday, March 27, Penticton RCMP media spokesperson Cpl. Don Wrigglesworth says.

The warehouse was last burglarized on March 14, when thieves made off with several thousand dollars worth of high quality dairy foods.

To contact a reporter for this story, email Steve Arstad at sarstad@infonews.ca or call 250-488-3065. To contact the editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

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I have been looking for news in the South Okanagan - SImilkameen for 20 years, having turned a part time lifelong interest into a full time profession. After five years publishing a local newsletter, several years working as a correspondent / stringer for several local newspapers and seven years as editor of a Similkameen weekly newspaper, I joined iNFOnews.ca in 2014. My goal in the news industry has always been to deliver accurate and interesting articles about local people and places. My interest in the profession is life long - from my earliest memories of grade school, I have enjoyed writing.
As an airborne geophysical surveyor I travelled extensively around the globe, conducting helicopter borne mineral surveys.
I also spent several years at an Okanagan Falls based lumber mill, producing glued-wood laminated products.
As a member of the Kaleden community, I have been involved in the Kaleden Volunteer Fire Department for 22 years, and also serve as a trustee on the Kaleden Irrigation District board.
I am currently married to my wife Judy, of 26 years. We are empty-nesters who enjoy living in Kaleden with our Welsh Terrier, Angus, and cat, Tibbs.
Our two daughters, Meagan and Hayley, reside in Richmond and Victoria, respectively.

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