{"id":350749,"date":"2025-11-02T17:08:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T17:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/350749\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T17:08:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T17:08:10","slug":"morphine-in-re-sealed-halloween-chip-bag-suspected-opp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/350749\/","title":{"rendered":"Morphine in re-sealed Halloween chip bag suspected: OPP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MATTAWA \u2014 Provincial police in Ontario say they\u2019re investigating possible tampering with Halloween candy after a report of a suspicious substance found in a chip bag.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Ontario Provincial Police say in a news release that a family in the Chenier Road area of Mattawa, located about 300 kilometres north of Toronto, reported finding a chip bag that appeared to have been cut open and re-sealed. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Officers conducted a preliminary test, which they say indicated the presence of suspected morphine. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police say there are no additional reports of similar incidents, but add they\u2019re working to determine the origin of the bag and whether there are any further public safety concerns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">As a precaution, the OPP recommends that parents and guardians inspect all Halloween treats for signs of tampering.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">That includes tears, holes, or irregularities in candy wrappers, or signs of re-sealing or altered packaging. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 1, 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MATTAWA \u2014 Provincial police in Ontario say they\u2019re investigating possible tampering with Halloween candy after a report of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":350750,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2147,8142,1165,50,39343],"class_list":{"0":"post-350749","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-canada","9":"tag-justice","10":"tag-lifestyle","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-ontario-quebec"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115481208925090338","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}