NZ Herald 31/12/01
'Chocs pack punch'
Three Twizal hoildaymakers will think carefully next time they are tempted to indulge after inadvertently comsuming Ecstasy tablets embedded in chocolates.
Constable Greg Sutherland, of Twizal, said the chocolates were sent from Britain to a Christchurch address that had been a rental property.
The new owner, not recongnising the tenant's name on the parcel, opened it to see if there was a return address. He found 16 chocolates with a note saying: "I thought you'd enjoy there. I know they're your favourite."
Over the next three days he ate three of the chocolates with no ill-effect. The man, a school teacher in his 50's, took the chocolates to Twizel at the weekend and shared them with his sister and brother in law.
"Soon after they had eaten them they began to exprience some weird effects, so they opened up more of the hollow chocolates and discovered small round tablets wrapped in clingfilm," said Constable Sutherland.
They called the police and were checked by local doctor. None suffered long term effects.
Ten of the 16 chocolates had been opened and Ecstasy tablets inserted. Some, including the three eaten in Twizel, were not wrapped in clingfilm.
Man i would of been stoaked if i got a xmas pressie like that.
Happy New Years all
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