Sweets which can be laced with illegal drugs such as cannabis and MDMA are becoming more widely available while the UK is on lockdown, police have warned.
North Yorkshire Police's School Liaison Team say the illegal products look similar to well known sweets such as Haribo, Smarties and chocolate bars - often retailing at a pound or less.
PC Lauren Green said: "We want to make parents and carers aware that we have seen a slight rise in young people being in possession of drug-infused sweets known as 'edibles. "They can look very similar to well-known sweets such as Haribo, Smarties and chocolate bars.
Edibles can be laced with illegal drugs such as cannabis and MDMA. "Unregulated sweets like these are dangerous as we don't know what levels