Metal robbery in Varennes

Varennes police officers reported on Monday that masked and armed thieves staged an early morning robbery.

They stole one point five tonnes of molybdenum from a warehouse in the city which is to the northeast of Montreal. Police valued the stolen metal to be worth five hundred thousand dollars.

The robbers broke into the building at approximately two in the morning. They used heavy machinery to remove the metal which was in the form of four-inch square blocks. It took two hours to remove the metal with tractors and semi-trailers.

The theft was discovered at seven a.m. when the day shift arrived at the plant.