Cadbury chocolates worth Rs 17 lakh stolen. It is not the only time thieves came with a sweet tooth
After gold and money, the time has come when thieves are stealing anything and everything. In a recent incident, a robbery of chocolates worth Rs 17 lakh was reported in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
Around 150 cartons of Cadbury chocolate bars were stolen from a godown in Lucknow. The thieves stole the entire stock in the godown, and also took away the CCTV cameras.
Cadbury distributor Rajendra Singh Sidhu has filed an FIR and has urged the residents to share any possible information they may have.
Many of us might be wondering if the thieves will be selling them at cheaper prices.
This bizarre incident is not the only one where chocolates were the target. Many times chocolates-loving thieves have stolen nothing but chocolates in huge quantities.
Chocolate thefts around the world:
1. Chocolates with Nutella stolen: In August 2017, around 20 tonnes of Nutella and chocolates worth Rs 37 lakh were stolen in Germany. The police believed that a truck or a van must have been used to execute theft at this level.
The stolen chocolates included Kinder chocolate eggs and many other varieties of chocolates.
Here's a glimpse of the theives (not the real ones) after the robbery:
2. A truck full of chocolates stolen in Europe: In another incident in November 2019, a man in Europe drove off with a truck full of chocolates worth $55,000. The man was supposed to drive the chocolates from Austria to Belgium. But he took away the truck.
3. 18 tons of chocolate stolen in Austria: A thief stole 18 tons of chocolate bars from a factory in November 2012. The thieves entered a factory in a truck with fake paper work and id. Then they loaded the truck with 33 pallets of milk chocolates for delivery. And just like that the thieves took away 18 tons of chocolate.
4. Chocolates stolen money with a toy gun: Three men from Delhi were caught robbing chocolates and cash from a store with the help of a toy gun. The bizarre incident took place in February 2019 in Preet Vihar, East Delhi.
The three men entered a Big Apple store in Preet Vihar with a toy gun. They stole three boxes of Ferrero Rocher, Rs 23,300 in cash and a few more commodities. They were later arrested.