Each lolly was found to contain up to 300 doses of meth.
The Rinda-branded pineapple lollies were unknowingly distributed in food parcels after a donation by an unknown member of the public in July.Aussie city bans the hire of e-scooters
The lollies taste "acrid and revolting", Auckland City missioner Helen Robinson said, but even licking them can affect people due to the large methamphetamine dose.Two mission staff tried the lollies on Tuesday and spat them out because of the taste. They took the lollies to the New Zealand Drug Foundation for testing, she said.
Robinson said it had been "highly appropriate" for mission staff to assume the lollies were safe as they were received in a sealed pack."It has been deeply distressing for us and for anyone who may have been a recipient of those lollies." Birks-Ang said consuming one of the lollies is potentially lethal, with symptoms including chest pain, racing heart, hyperthermia, delirium, and loss of consciousness.An investigation is underway and police are treating the matter as a priority given the risk to the public.
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