Three people were taken to hospital after consuming solid blocks of the drug wrapped in sweet wrappers, authorities said.
A homeless charity in New Zealand has unwittingly given out sweets containing a potentially lethal dose of methamphetamine after they were donated by a member of the public. The amount of the drug in each wrapper is up to 300 times the level someone would normally take and could be lethal, the New Zealand Drug Foundation said.
The charity was alerted by a food bank client who reported a 'funny-tasting' sweet. Their wrappers had the label of Malaysian brand Rinda and were said to be pineapple flavour. Staff then tested them and called the authorities. One staffer was taken to hospital.
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