From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, August 15, 2017
German police in hot pursuit of candy crooks
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePolice say a semi-trailer full of chocolate has been stolen in a small central German town and are calling on witnesses who may have seen the sweet-toothed thieves.
Police spokesman Martin Ahlich said Tuesday the cooled truck trailer contained 20 metric tons (22 tons) of chocolate including Kinder Surprise eggs, Nutella hazelnut-chocolate cream and Valparaiso chocolate fruit pearls.
Ahlich said the trailer was stolen in the Hesse town of Neustadt over the weekend and that the thieves must have brought in a truck to haul away the sweet spoils.
He said that “it’s not even clear if they were after the sweets or after the trailer — at this point we don’t know what their motive was.”
The chocolate swag is worth 50,000-70,000 euros ($59,000-$82,000).
— AP
The Times of Israel Community.