Gangs using potentially deadly cannabis candy to lure youth into crime

DRUGS gangs use potentially deadly cannabis candy to lure youth into crime.

Damilola Olakanmi, 23She died in London last week after eating a drug-laced ‘gummy bear’.

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Detectives say county line drug dealers attack teenagers and even younger children with the candy and then persuade them to join their gangs.

West Yorkshire Police recently seized £300,000 worth of cannabis edibles from a house in Wakefield.

They were designed like candies and packed in colorful packages.

And officials in the east of England received 150 reports of similar “treats” in just six months.

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Det Insp Kelly Gray said: “We are concerned about groups who encourage young people to engage in criminal activity, including couriers.”

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