$4m Cigar Theft

This one's out of Australia. 83,000 cigars stolen from a warehouse over this past weekend. The thieves apparently were able to disarm the alarm system, and the preliminary investigation penned the incident as having happened sometime between Friday at 4pm, when everybody went home, and Monday at 8am when employees came back to work and discovered the 'slight' inventory shortage.

The owner, Tobbacconist Charles Vella, said the alarm system was not deactivated from inside the premisies and speculated the crime was one of organization rather than opportunity. A further indication of this was the fact that all 83K of the sticks were Toscani brand, and Vella was the only importer of the popular smokes in all of Australia.

Another interesting little twist, sure to be a helpful investigative lead for the police, was that 2 other brands were stolen along with the bulk of Toscani cigars; Police have said other brands stolen include Flor De Filipinas and Il Barone, which are not currently for sale in Australia.

So all you have to do to solve the case is find the guy on the street selling these 2 brands at can't-beat prices. It's not like he can hop the border fence into another country and offload 'em!