Necsync
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Published Friday, February 13, 2015 9:34AM EST
Police are investigating after bag of marijuana was found in the box of a $5 toy purchased at a Brampton, Ont. Target store.
A kindergarten-aged boy and his father went to the Target at Bramalea City Centre, located at 25 Peel Centre Dr., on Wednesday. The boy had been given $5 to spend at the store, his mother said.
The boy picked out an Angry Bird Telepod game, and paid $5.41 for the toy. When he brought it home, he had trouble opening the package, and asked his mom for help.
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A package of marijuana is shown with a children's toy. (Monika Milewska)
"I went to hand him everything and noticed something unusual on the couch," Monika Milewska said in an email on Friday.
"Upon further inspection, it looked like marijuana," she said.
She and her husband took the bag to Peel Regional Police, who estimated it contained approximately 85 grams of marijuana.
Milewska said that police went to the Target location and searched the other toy boxes, but didn't find any more drugs. Target replaced the toy for the family.
"That night my son was horrified," she wrote. "He could not sleep on his own and kept asking us questions - why was it in his toy? Who put it there? What was it?"
Milewska said she wanted to warn other parents of what could be hidden in other toy boxes.
"I guess Target lived up to their slogan, 'Expect more, pay less.'"
http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/target-surprise-marijuana-found-in-angry-birds-toy-box-1.2234761
Police are investigating after bag of marijuana was found in the box of a $5 toy purchased at a Brampton, Ont. Target store.
A kindergarten-aged boy and his father went to the Target at Bramalea City Centre, located at 25 Peel Centre Dr., on Wednesday. The boy had been given $5 to spend at the store, his mother said.
The boy picked out an Angry Bird Telepod game, and paid $5.41 for the toy. When he brought it home, he had trouble opening the package, and asked his mom for help.
Photos
A package of marijuana is shown with a children's toy. (Monika Milewska)
"I went to hand him everything and noticed something unusual on the couch," Monika Milewska said in an email on Friday.
"Upon further inspection, it looked like marijuana," she said.
She and her husband took the bag to Peel Regional Police, who estimated it contained approximately 85 grams of marijuana.
Milewska said that police went to the Target location and searched the other toy boxes, but didn't find any more drugs. Target replaced the toy for the family.
"That night my son was horrified," she wrote. "He could not sleep on his own and kept asking us questions - why was it in his toy? Who put it there? What was it?"
Milewska said she wanted to warn other parents of what could be hidden in other toy boxes.
"I guess Target lived up to their slogan, 'Expect more, pay less.'"
http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/target-surprise-marijuana-found-in-angry-birds-toy-box-1.2234761
