15 tons of gummies stolen from lorry parked near German motorway

The driver left the vehicle unattended for the day after parking it at a motorway service station near the northern town of Neustadt-Glewe on Tuesday morning at around 7:45 am (0645 GMT), police said in statement.

When the 41-year-old man returned at around 8:45 pm, the container was gone - and with it €250,000 ($288,400) woth of its delicious cargo of gummies.

It was initially unclear how the perpetrators were able to lift the container off the lorry unnoticed in plain daylight.

Police have launched an investigation and are searching for the gummies.