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A 54-foot long trailer containing about $70,000 worth of cheese was stolen Friday from a Germantown trucking company, according to Germantown police.

The trailer was taken shortly before 12:30 a.m. from D&G Transportation, N118W18574 Bunsen Drive, according to a post on the Germantown Police Department Facebook page.

A semi-tractor used to steal the trailer was recovered later Friday and the empty trailer was found in the Milwaukee area about 10 a.m., according to police.

In 2013 about 42,000 pounds of Wisconsin Muenster cheese manufactured by K & K / Old Country Cheese Factory and worth about $200,000 was stolen from Pasture Pride Cheese in Cashton.

In that case Veniamin Balika, 34, of Plainfield, Ill., was caught driving a 18-wheeler at the Vince Lombardi Service Area off the New Jersey State Turnpike.

Balika allegedly used false paperwork to trick a distributor in Cashton, Wis., into loading his truck with the massive cheese shipment, originally intended for a Texas destination, according to a Time magazine article.

Anyone with information about the Germantown theft is asked to call (262) 253-7780 or the Washington County Law Enforcement Tip Line, (800) 232-0594.