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

New Zealand Police identify 41 candies tainted with methamphetamine

New Zealand Police said it has identified 41 pieces of methamphetamine wrapped as Rinda lollies after news first broke that one family found one with a suspected lethal amount of meth delivered to the Auckland City Missi

Police say they don't know how many meth candies were distributed accidentally by New Zealand food bank

The candies were given to the food bank by an unknown person, and an unknown number were distributed before the meth was identified.

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

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.

The poverty ravage Auckland City Mission reported on Tuesday the discovery of these drug candies, which were donated by an unknown person and distributed in recent weeks in more than 300 food packages.

Meth candy accidentally distributed by New Zealand charity

At least three people sought medical treatment after eating the drug-laced sweets.

Candy distributed by a charity in New Zealand was found to contain "potentially lethal levels" of drugs. "To say that we are devastated is an understatement," the organization writes on its website.