<p>The owner of Fromagerie Bothwell, a Winnipeg-based cheese store, is offering a year of free cheese for anyone who can identify the ultimately unsuccessful thief who broke into his premises in the early hours of July 31.</p><p>CCTV footage of the man looking through two coolers where the store keeps a large part of its stock was posted to Facebook soon after the attempted robbery. Jean-Marc Champagne, who owns the store, told Canadian media</a> that the man tried to break into a cash register but in the end walked away empty-handed.</p><p>The store’s back door, however, was damaged during the break-in. “If anyone knows this gentleman, we are prepared to offer free cheese for a year if he’s identified and apprehended by the Winnipeg Police Service,” Champagne told CBC.</p><p>Constable Rob Carver of Winnipeg Police, meanwhile, was quoted as saying, “Everyone who’s seen that on social media just thinks that’s wrong. It’s a new local store that just opened – and it’s cheese.” Credit: Fromagerie Bothwell via Storyful</p><br />
