New Zealand police announced today that pineapple sweets containing potentially lethal amounts of methamphetamine were found in food parcels distributed by a charity in the country.
‘An investigation is underway,’ said the authorities, who said they were treating the case as a “priority given the risk to the public”.
The New Zealand Drug Foundation said that a sample taken from a white candy contained methamphetamine.
The test was carried out after a person felt strange when they started eating the candy, noticing a bitter taste.
Foundation spokeswoman Sarah Helm said that the candy in question contained around three grams of methamphetamine, up to 300 times more than the dose usually consumed by users.
‘Swallowing this amount of methamphetamine is extremely dangerous and can lead to death,’ added Helm, urging anyone who received sweets from the association not to consume them.
According to the Auckland City Mission charity, the sweets were donated anonymously in branded sealed packets.
Methamphetamine can cause chest pains, increased heart rate, convulsions, delirium and loss of consciousness, the foundation warned.
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