Toddler opens ‘Minions’ chocolate egg and finds stash of DRUGS inside instead of toy
Four colourful capsules and two white tablets marked with MDZ were found in the plastic toy container
A MUM has told of her horror after her toddler son found a stash of drugs inside a chocolate egg.
Little Riley Apps, two, had already enjoyed the Minions-themed treat when Sophie Brown, 22, discovered six tablets were discovered inside the plastic toy container.
Mum-of-two Sophie immediately took four colourful capsules and two white tablets marked with 'MDZ' to the police and informed the small independent shop where she bought them.
Officers have now confirmed the tablets were "over-the-counter medication" and are investigating how they got into the egg.
It is believed to be a fake Minions brand - but the couple thought it was an official Kinder Egg product.
Worried Sophie from Halifax is warning parents to keep an eye on their children when they open 'surprise egg' chocolates.
She said: "She said: "He came running through and said 'mummy can you open it' because he had tried and wasn't able to.
"I look down and it contained six tablets.
"I'm told that the one with MDZ on the side it used in palliative care and it is given to patients to make them more comfortable and relaxed.
"The other one could be Tramadol - that's what somebody told me when I put it on Facebook.
"A nurse messaged to say that it he had taken both he would more or less have been in a coma or worse off.
"When I saw them I couldn't believe it. I wrapped them up and took them to the police.
"If he had been able to open it himself it could have been lethal."
Sophie's partner Ian King, 23, took Riley to the shop and they returned with the egg which he ate in the front room while she was in the kitchen on December 3.
Sophie, who also has another son, aged five, added: "I'm just glad that Riley came and asked me to open it.
"Usually he will just play with the little toy himself. I usually think that I can leave him with it and not worry.
"He is always excited about what little toy he will find. I didn't know what they were.
"The police took them and said they would be tested. They were just as shocked as me.
"I spoke to the shopkeeper and he was horrified.
"He's at that age where he would have definitely tried eating them.
"It's really, really frightening.
"I just want to warn other parents. They might give it to their child and not think and I just want to urge them to watch their children when they open the egg."
A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police said an investigation was underway.
He said: "Tests have been conducted on the substances found within the confectionery product.
"The substances were found to be over-the-counter medication."
Inspector Colin Skeath of Halifax Neighbourhood Policing Team added: "This appears to be an isolated incident and our enquiries are ongoing to determine how the medication came to be within the confectionery item."
A spokesman from Ferrero said: "The product in question was not produced by Ferrero. This is a matter for the police and Ferrero UK has no further comment to make on this subject."
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