New Zealand food bank distributes candy made from a potentially lethal amount of methamphetamine

Associated Press

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A charity working with homeless people in Auckland, New Zealand, unknowingly distributed candies filled with a potentially lethal dose of methamphetamine in its food parcels after the sweets were donated by a member of the public. Auckland City Mission said Wednesday that the apparent sweets were solid blocks of methamphetamine enclosed in candy wrappers, stamped with the label of Malaysian brand Rinda. Disguising drugs as innocuous goods is common among international smugglers, the country’s Drug Foundation said, and the candies were most likely donated to the food bank accidentally. The public is being warned that the candy could be elsewhere in New Zealand.