Warning as Royal Mail staff seize sweets 'laced with illegal drugs'
PACKETS of drug-laced gummy sweets were intercepted by eagle-eyed Royal Mail workers.
Wiltshire Police published a warning after a package of the Haribo-like sweets were seized on Monday. Staff at the Royal Wootton Bassett mail sorting office handed the parcel over to police.
On Facebook, officers from Royal Wootton Bassett warned: “Please be aware that these could be on the streets and could be easily mistaken for normal sweets.”
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Police have not said what drugs it is suspected the sweets were laced with or how the discovery was made.
The sweets seized by police Picture: RWB POLICE/FACEBOOK
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