PARIS, March 28. /TASS/. A 12-ton shipment of Nestle's crunch KitKat bars has been stolen in Europe in a heist that may cause a shortage of the chocolate before Easter, AFP reports.

"A truck carrying more than 413,000 units of our new line of chocolate bars was stolen during transit through Europe," the company told AFP.

The truck left the central part of Italy and was heading to Poland.