Thieves broke into a Canadian Tire in Bedford on Friday morning and made off with an unusual haul.

A staff member called police at around 10 a.m. — two hours after the Damascus Road store opened — to report the building had been broken into and that 48 kayaks were gone.

Police are investigating.

Halifax Regional Police spokesperson Const. Dianne Penfound said she's never heard of anything like this before.

"It does seem like a unique thing to steal and it's quite a number of them, so somebody would have had to put some thought into this," said Penfound.

"It's definitely unique."

Penfound said it's too soon to say if the kayaks were stolen from outside the Canadian Tire building or inside, but that's part of the investigation.