Thieves steal 12 tons of KitKat bars in Europe chocolate heist

Thieves have stolen more than 400,000 KitKat chocolate bars weighing around 12 tons from a truck in Europe. The confectionery, which is manufactured by Swiss firm Nestle, was stolen when the vehicle was distributing the bars along a route running from a factory in central Italy to Poland, KitKat said in a statement. A total of 413,793 KitKat bars were stolen, said the company. Each one is traceable using on-pack batch numbers, and KitKat has asked anyone who finds a match to alert the company.