Interpol Opens Task Force After 400,000 Formula 1-Shaped Kit-Kats Vanish Between Italy and Poland
LYON, FRANCE — Interpol confirmed Friday that it has opened a formal investigation into the disappearance of approximately 400,000 units of limited-edition Formula 1-shaped Kit-Kat bars that vanished while in transit from Italy to Poland, calling the incident “one of the most precisely targeted confectionery thefts in the organisation’s 103-year history.”
The bars, produced to commemorate the 2026 Formula 1 season, were shaped like miniature racing cars and had not yet arrived at retail. They were being transported in a refrigerated lorry when the vehicle was found abandoned outside Wrocław with its cargo missing, its driver unharmed, and a single note left on the dashboard that read, in Polish: “We took a break.”