Needle found in Calgary child’s Halloween candy

Candy found with a needle inside. (CPS photo)

By Alejandro Melgar

Posted Nov 4, 2022 6:11 pm.

Last Updated Nov 4, 2022 8:59 pm.

A Calgary woman told police that she found a sewing needle in her child’s Halloween candy after they went trick-or-treating in the city’s northwest.

Police say she found the needle on Wednesday in a chocolate bar and reported it to the police the next day.

The child and woman live in Panorama Hills, and police believe the child trick-or-treated at around 100 or more homes.

Due to the numbers, officers are still trying to figure out where the tampered candy came from, and whether it was intentional or not.

This comes after Halloween candy was found laced with fentanyl in Rocky Mountain House on the same day.

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Calgary police are warning people to check their children’s candy, to check wrappers for any tears or holes, and to throw away any candy that looks suspicious.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call police at 403-266-1234 or leave a tip anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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