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Montreal Police Probe Santa-and-Elves 'Robin Hood' Grocery Heist

Activists cast the stunt as a protest over rising grocery prices, blaming corporate profits.

Food allegedly taken from a Montreal grocery store by a group calling themselves Robins des Ruelles -- Robins of the alleys -- is seen placed a public square in the Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough at the foot of a Christmas tree, with a note from the alleged thieves, in this composite of undated handout photos. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout -- Les Soulèvements du fleuve, on behalf of Robin des Ruelles (Mandatory Credit)
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Overview

  • Montreal police are investigating a theft under $5,000 at the Laurier Avenue Metro and say no arrests have been made.
  • Investigators are reviewing store surveillance and widely shared social media videos from around 9:15 p.m. Monday.
  • A group calling itself Robins des ruelles says several Santas and about 40 masked elves took roughly $3,000 in food.
  • The group says some items were left under a Christmas tree at Place Valois, with the rest routed to community fridges and food banks.
  • Metro condemned the act as criminal, citing donations to food banks and rising retail crime, as grocery inflation outpaced overall prices in November.