Halloween warning: Parents cautioned to check candy after fentanyl bust at LAX - KABC-TV

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LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Authorities are again informing parents astir the anticipation of drugs mixed successful with candy this Halloween aft a large fentanyl bust astatine LAX.

Someone tried to get done information astatine Los Angeles International Airport with bags of candy that contained immoderate 12,000 pills of fentanyl aboriginal Wednesday morning. The opioid pills were contained wrong packages of Skittles, Whoppers and SweeTarts candy.

The drugs were seized by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and national Drug Enforcement Agency agents assigned to a task unit astatine the airport.

The fishy managed to fly but has been identified.

The bust sparked caller calls for parents to beryllium cautious this Halloween astir candy their children bring home. There person been aggregate reports this twelvemonth of fentanyl manufactured successful rainbow colors oregon disguised successful candy wrappers.

"With Halloween approaching, parents request to marque definite they are checking their kids candy and not allowing them to devour thing until it has been inspected by them," the Sheriff's Department said."If you find thing successful candy boxes that you judge mightiness beryllium narcotics, bash not interaction it and instantly notify your section instrumentality enforcement agency."

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