Police Hunt Chocoholic Thieves


Police in Israel are hunting a gang of chocoholic thieves who raided a warehouse.

Tons of chocolate spread stolenThe sweet-toothed gang escaped with nearly 100 tons of chocolate spread after a break-in at a factory in the northern city of Haifa.

Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says such a large heist indicated that it may have been an inside job and that police are searching the area for any traces of the sweet stuff.

Moshe Veidberg, one of the company's owners, told the Israeli daily Yediot Ahronot it would require five large trucks to transport such a large amount of the product.

He valued the chocolatey haul at about £290,000.

He said the company's alarm system was deactivated and its surveillance footage stolen as well, leaving the fate of delicious stolen goods a mystery.