Where did all the maple syrup go?

In late August, the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers noticed that more than 15,000 barrels with an estimated 10 million lbs. of syrup - amounting to more than $30 million - was missing from a warehouse 100 miles northeast of Montreal, according to Time.com.

Quebec produces about 75 percent of the world's maple syrup, and the thieves who stole the barrels are in possession of a large portion of Canada's supply.

The Globe and Mail reported that Quebec officials seized hundreds of barrels from the New Brunswick business, S.K. Exports. The warehouse's exporter said he purchased the suspicious syrup from one of his regular Quebec suppliers, but police suspect a link to the syrup that went missing in several months ago. Julienne Bossé, a manager of S.K. Exports told the paper, "He's a very honest man. We've never had problems."

The Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers has gone to court in the past and accused S.K. Products of buying from unauthorized Quebec sources.

Bossé told The Globe and Mail, ""Quebec thinks it's no longer in Canada. It's been years that their federation keeps hitting us and saying that we can't buy syrup in Quebec but we'll keep doing it."

The police were granted a search warrant and removed about 800 barrels from S.K. Exports in the town of Kedgwick. Both the company's manager and its lawyer said it was being "scapegoated" based on previous clashes with the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers. Although the exact amount of stolen syrup is unknown to the public, the barrels seized this week account for only a small portion.

The investigation will keep continuing, and investigators are looking into demanding the heads of the maple industry to take lie detector tests.