Respected Dutch daily tabloid the NRC reported Friday that at least 8.5 tonnes of cheese valued at almost 90,000 euros ($97,800) had been carted off during the heists.

Respected Dutch daily tabloid the NRC reported that at least 8.5 tonnes of cheese valued at almost 90,000 euros ($97,800) had been carted off during the heists.

At the time, the Dutch newspaper NRC estimated that in 2015, close to 19,000 pounds of cheese had been stolen. Still, this is a special case, Mireille Aalders, a police spokeswoman, said.

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