WELLINGTON — Pineapple sweets dished out by a New Zealand charity have tested positive for potentially lethal amounts of methamphetamine, police said Wednesday, sparking an urgent race to remove them from the streets.
A child, a teenager and a charity worker have already been taken to the hospital after they tasted the candies.Although none are seriously ill, police have launched a criminal investigation and are now trying to track down up to 400 other people who may have received the sweets. Meth, anyone? This handout taken on Aug. 13, 2024, and released on August 14 by the New Zealand Police shows pineapple sweets laced with potentially lethal amounts of methamphetamine, in Auckland.
The New Zealand Drug Foundation said a test sample of an innocuous-looking piece of white candy in a bright yellow wrapper indicated it contained methamphetamine.Foundation spokesman Sarah Helm said the tested sweet contained approximately three grams of meth — hundreds of times greater than the common dose taken by users.'Swallowing that much methamphetamine is extremely dangerous and could result in death.
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