Sticky-fingered thieves stole four tonnes of Ferrero chocolate from a truck in southern Sweden as the driver slept. The truck was parked in Åstorp late on Thursday when the chocolate heist happened. The chocolate, by Italian confectionery giants Ferrero – whose range of products includes the famous Ferrero Rocher chocolate pralines as well as chocolate-hazelnut spread Nutella – had a consumer value of around one million kronor ($124,000), according to Helsingborgs Dagblad. Last year, a huge haul of chewing gum was stolen from the back of a truck while its unsuspecting driver slept nearby. During the same summer almost two tonnes' worth of sweets estimated to be worth around 60,000 kronor ($7,000) were stolen from a well-known candy outlet in the south of the country.

Source: The Local August 22, 2017 08:48 UTC