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Mar 25, 2008 1:19 pm US/Central

Thieves Swipe Truck With 20 Tons Of Chocolate

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind (Post-Tribune) ―

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Police are looking for a thief with a huge sweet tooth after someone stole a semi trailer filled with more than 20 tons of Hershey's products.LaPorte County Sheriff's Dept. Chief of Detectives John Boyd said he isn't sure if there's a black market for that much chocolate or exactly what the thieves will do with 41,000 pounds of it.

Daryl Rey, 58, said he picked up a load near St. Louis and on Saturday morning left the trailer outside Gas City truck stop on U.S. 421, just south I-94 in Michigan City.

The Michigan City-area man returned less than 24 hours later to drive the load to a warehouse in Wisconsin and the 53-foot-long trailer was missing.

He believes professionals were at work because a hidden satellite tracking device was removed from the trailer. Apparently, the device was thrown into a nearby pond, he said.

Boyd said it's likely that whoever stole the trailer didn't know what was inside when they drove off with it.

The name on the trailer reflected the name of the trucking company, Buske Lines of Illinois, rather than the candy company's name.

Usually, Boyd said, trailers are stolen for scrap or converted for personal use.

Anyone with information should call sheriff's police at (219) 326-7700.