Police alarmed at candy in cocaine-like packs

Source: msnbc

A new mint candy is posing problems for police officers, who say it bears a striking resemblance to street cocaine.

“Anything like this ... is going to give an advantage to the criminals, narcotics users, narcotics dealers," Austin, Texas, police Sgt. Richard Stresing said of Ice Breakers Pacs — tiny, blue, dissolvable packets of white mint powder that look startlingly like heat-sealed dime bags of cocaine.

“You are kidding me,” said Senior Cpl. Kevin Janse of the Dallas police. “I’ve been on the streets 15 years, and I’ve seen a lot of these, and they’ve all been full of cocaine, and you’re telling me this one’s full of candy? Wow.”

Janse said the packets looked so much like cocaine bags that drug dealers would be able to use them “to hide their drugs from us now, I’d be willing to bet.”


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Oh noes! The war on drugs is lost because of Icebreakers mint candy!

Since crack is only used by law breaking brown people. :sarcasm:

I'm surprised they haven't outlawed catnip and oregano yet.

My kitty made me type this.

Oughtn't that be more alarming still?

one of those chocolate cigarettes please...

by someone harmed for snorting the stuff?

that looks just like this :evilgrin:

My current candy nuggets smell just like cherry PEZ.

Of course, Mason jars will be made illegal soon so I'd better stock up while I can.