Pre-rolled joints found in kids Halloween treats in Nova Scotia, police say

Three Halifax-area trick-or-treaters recovered immoderate unexpected, and unsafe, items successful their Halloween loot according to RCMP, and constabulary are informing parents to double-check their children’s bags carefully.

RCMP said they responded astatine astir 9:15 p.m. Halloween nighttime to the assemblage of Lake Echo.

Spokesperson Cpl. Guillaume Tremblay said investigators learned 2 young radical — who had been trick-or-treating unneurotic — each received a tin carton of pre-rolled cannabis joints among their treats.

Tremblay said the tins, which had a twelve joints successful each one, look to beryllium sold successful Ontario.

“The containers were sealed erstwhile the youths located it successful their trick-or-treat bags,” helium said.

Investigators judge the cannabis came from a residence connected Ponderosa Road oregon Bluerock Road betwixt 7 p.m. and 8 p.m.

“Officers did sojourn a fewer of the residences that they judge whitethorn person been involved,” Tremblay said.

“However, the investigations are ongoing, but we are asking for tips from the nationalist due to the fact that these investigations are precise hard to solve, due to the fact that we truly trust connected tips from the nationalist oregon camera footage that radical mightiness person of the area.”

That aforesaid evening, constabulary were called to Westphal, wherever different younker reported uncovering a razor leaf believed to person travel from a residence connected Taranaki Drive.

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The leaf was not wrong a candy, but was located successful the bag.

Tremblay said whoever handed retired these items could look charges.

“The Cannabis Control Act present successful Nova Scotia, it is against the instrumentality and it is an offence successful that enactment to supply cannabis to youth, truthful you tin look a summary offence summons for that,” helium said.

“And past transgression negligence decidedly for the razor leaf that was (found) successful the Halloween bag.”

He added that RCMP instrumentality these reports earnestly and advised adults to instrumentality a adjacent look astatine the treats brought location Thursday night. He said they’re particularly acrophobic astir cannabis edibles, which tin look similar regular children’s treats and beryllium hard to spot.

“Keep an oculus retired for thing suspicious successful the candy and surely study to constabulary if determination is thing that you find successful a portion of candy oregon if it’s escaped successful the bag. We’d similar to cognize astir it.”