The amount of methamphetamine in each “revolting” lolly was up to 300 times the level someone would usually take, with a street value of $915.
A charity working with homeless people in Auckland, New Zealand, unknowingly distributed lollies filled with a potentially lethal dose of methamphetamine in its food parcels after the sweets were donated by a member of the public.
A pineapple-flavoured lolly filled with a potentially lethal dose of methamphetamine is displayed in Auckland.The amount of methamphetamine in each lolly was up to 300 times the level someone would usually take and could be lethal, according to the New Zealand Drug Foundation — a drug-checking and policy organisation, which first tested the lollies.
The sweets had a high street value of $NZ1000 per lolly, which suggested the donation by an unknown member of the public was accidental, rather than a deliberate attack, Birks Ang said. The charity’s food bank only accepts donations of commercially produced food in sealed packaging, Robinson said. The pineapple candies, stamped with the label of Malaysian brand Rinda, “appeared as such when they were donated”, arriving in a retail-sized bag, she added.
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