Jailhouse choc: Man arrested in N. Zealand after trying to steal 241 chocolate bars


The 37-year-old man was stopped by security officers before he left a supermarket in New Zealand with his sugary loot. - COUNTIES MANUKAU POLICE/FACEBOOK

AUCKLAND: He filled his shopping trolley with 241 Whittaker’s chocolate bars worth NZ$1,349.60 (US$830) and tried to leave the store without paying.

But the 37-year-old man was stopped by security officers before he left a supermarket in New Zealand with his sugary loot.

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