text: Truck With 20 Tons Of Nutella And Chocolate Vanishes; Police Hunt For Semi's Sweets 
   
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   We now interrupt our regularly scheduled coverage to bring you this important public service announcement: 
   
   "Anyone offered large quantities [of chocolate] via unconventional channels should report it to the police immediately." 
   
   We trust you'll abide by those instructions from law enforcement in Germany, where more than 20 tons of chocolate treats have gone missing after thieves stole a refrigerated trailer packed with Nutella, Kinder Surprise eggs and other sweets. 
   
   All told, police in Neustadt believe the confections stolen over the weekend could be worth upward of $80,000, according to German newspaper Deutsche Welle. And a "spokesman told local media the perpetrators would have needed a truck of their own, not just a car, to be able to tow such heavy cargo." 
   
   As the newspaper notes, the chocolates weren't the only treats purloined in Germany this weekend: Another trailer, this one packed with 30 tons of fruit juice, disappeared from Wittenberg on Saturday. 
   
   Now, it should be noted Germany is not the only place to suffer from brazen grand theft larder. Of course, there was that time Austrian police sniffed out — literally — more than 9 tons of stolen garlic stuffed into vans crossing the Hungarian border. Or, if you would prefer to go against the grain with a stateside story, there's always that guy who stole a bakery's delivery truck in New York City and started randomly passing out bread — all the while clad only in his underwear. 
   
   And chocolate hasn't been safe in the U.S., either. Earlier this summer, NPR's Laurel Wamsley reported that two members of an alleged Russian crime syndicate were charged with arranging "the transport and sale of a whopping 10,000 pounds of 'stolen chocolate confections' to a government informant." 
   
   For now, though, German police are hoping to spread the word about the Nutella theft. And if you should happen to come across more than 20 tons of chocolate lying around, the local police spokesman offered another helpful suggestion: "I wouldn't throw any of that away." ||||| "Anyone offered large quantities of chocolate via unconventional channels should report it to the police immediately," Neustadt police said in a statement. 
   
   The stash of confectionery, worth between €50,000 and €70,000, was taken between Saturday evening and midday on Sunday. 
   
   Police are unsure whether the theft had been planned or was opportunistic. 
   
   They are also looking into into whether the case had any link with the theft of an empty trailer in Weimar, which was also stolen at the weekend. 
   
   Just last week, there was another chocolate-related crime in Germany. 
   
   Officers in Bad Oldesloe, in the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein, announced they were looking for the owner of 53g of chocolate, presumed to be stolen and dumped, found in the town.
target: – Look, we crave chocolate as much as the next news site, but this is ridiculous. The Telegraph reports thieves in Germany made off with more than 22 tons of Nutella over the weekend. The Nutella—along with Kinder Surprise eggs and other sweet treats—was in a refrigerated trailer that was towed away by the thieves in the town of Neustadt. The entire haul is said to be worth somewhere between $58,000 and $82,000, and Neustadt police have a warning for sugar-loving residents: "Anyone offered large quantities of chocolate via unconventional channels should report it to the police immediately." NPR has more stories of thieves stealing improbably large amounts of food, including the pilfering of 9 tons of garlic and the exploits of a bread-redistributing, underwear-clad Robin Hood.