Trick or treat children 'given ecstasy pills' on Halloween, mum says

Amy Dixon said in a Facebook video that the pills were inside a brown jiffy bag
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Jacob Jarvis1 November 2018

Police are investigating after two young trick or treaters were given “unknown pink tablets”, which their mother claimed was the party drug ecstasy.

Amy Dixon said her children, aged two and five, came home with an envelope containing 10 suspicious pills on Halloween night in Shiremoor, North Tyneside.

In a Facebook video, which has since been deleted, she issued a warning to parents as she sked people to “please, please, please” check their children’s sweet hauls.

She also shared her concerns that her youngsters “could have died” from consuming them.

She said: “I’ve just had my children out trick or treating and they’ve just come home to open all of their little mix ups to find this. This little packet right here.”

The children were given the tablets while trick or treating
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At this point she holds up a small envelope to the camera, containing what she believes to be illicit tablets.

“Please, please, please all parents make sure that you check your kids’ mix-ups because my children, who are two and five, have come home to find a packet full of what appears to be ecstasy tablets.

“I’m absolutely mortified to think that somebody has given my children these.”

After this she showed some of the contents of the envelope and described them as “little pink tablets with a big S on them” and said there were around 10.

She added: “This is disgusting, that could have killed my little girls.”

Further explaining the incident she said the tablets were inside a “small brown jiffy bag”.

A Northumbria Police spokesperson confirmed that the force is investigating the situation.

They said said: “We are investigating a report from a parent that unknown pink tablets were placed in her daughter’s trick or treat bucket in Shiremoor last night.

“Enquiries to establish if the tablets are harmful are ongoing but any reports of this nature are extremely concerning and will be taken seriously by police.

“If anyone received a similar tablet, or has information which could assist officers, then police would ask you call 101 quoting reference 1073 31/10/18.”

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