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KitKat Heist: Thieves Steal 12 Tons of Formula One Bars

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Thieves steal 12 metric tons of Formula One KitKat bars, leaving Nestle and others in a sweet predicament. Authorities on the hunt for shady sales.

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KitKat Heist: Thieves Steal 12 Tons of Formula One Bars

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Music News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!KitKat Heist: Thieves Steal 12 Tons of Formula One Bars. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

It's April 2nd. This is Music News Today, your AI-powered source for everything music. Fees pulled off a wild heist earlier this week, snatching 27,000 pounds of KitKat bars right off a truck headed from Italy to Poland. These weren't your average snacks. They were special Formula 1 car-shape ones made for a big promotion. That massive low breaks down to about 413,000 packages, worth over 12 metric tons of chocolate goodness. The truck and the cargo vanished without a trace. And as of March 31st, cops still have no leads on where it all went. Nestle, the company behind KitKat, took it in stride with some clever humor, saying they've always pushed folks to take a break with KitKat. But these. Crooks took it way too literally by grabbing more than 12 metric tons. Other brands jumped in on the fun too. Domino's pizza offered fake condolences while plugging a new KitKat pizza and Charlotte FC, a pro soccer team, joked about handing out the 413,000 bars at their next match.

Keep an eye out for shady sales of Formula 1 KitKats popping up, since authorities suspect the thieves might try flipping them soon. These capers got everyone buzzing about the sweetest getaway ever.

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