JERUSALEM – Israeli police are on the lookout for a thief with a super-sized chocolate craving.

The robbers broke into a factory in the northern Israeli city of Haifa late Monday and walked away with nearly 100 tons of chocolate spread.

Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said such a large heist indicated it may have been an inside job and police were searching the area of any traces of the sweet.

Moshe Veidberg, one of the company’s owners, told the Israeli daily Yediot Ahronot it would require five trucks to transport the stolen chocolate, which he valued at roughly $415,000.

He said the company’s alarm system was deactivated and its surveillance footage stolen, leaving the fate of the creamy chocolate a mystery.

Third-graders searched for missing money by teachers

HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. – A class of third-grade students got a lesson in civil liberties when an envelope containing $5 disappeared from their teacher’s desk.

The students at Martin Luther King Elementary in Hopkinsville were asked to remove their shoes and socks during a search. Some were patted down and had their pockets checked.

Some parents were angered by the Feb. 15 searches, which did not turn up the missing money at the Kentucky school.

“The way they treat our students is ridiculous,” said Zlatko Skuljan, the father of a 9-year-old girl in the class.

The school’s principal gave written reprimands to four instructors who had physical contact with the students. The principal, Sarah Newman, declined to comment and phone numbers for the four teachers could not be located Wednesday.

Christian County Schools spokeswoman Regan Huneycutt said the search violated the school district’s policy. School employees can touch students only when the student poses a threat to another student or to themselves.School officials said the search was prompted by the disappearance of an envelope containing $5 for a school function that was on the teacher’s desk.

The students’ regular teacher was absent that day.