WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A charity working with homeless people in Auckland, New Zealand unknowingly distributed candies filled with a potentially lethal dose of methamphetamine in its food parcels after the sweets were donated by a member of the public.
Auckland City Mission on Wednesday said that staff had started to contact up to 400 people to track down parcels that could contain the sweets — which were solid blocks of methamphetamine enclosed in candy wrappers. Three people were treated in hospital after consuming them, New Zealand authorities said, but were later discharged.
Auckland City Mission was alerted Tuesday by a food bank client who reported 'funny-tasting' candy. Staff tasted some of the remaining candies and immediately contacted the authorities. One staff member was taken to hospital after sampling the sweet, Baldwin said, adding that a child and a 'young person' were also treated in hospital before being discharged.The candies had been donated sometime in the past six weeks, Robinson said.
Zealand Food Bank Distributes Candy Made From Potentially Lethal Amount Of Methamphetamine
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