Authorities don’t believe the smugglers were targeting kids, but asked parents to remain vigilant after the pills were seized.
Local and federal law enforcement officials are warning parents to inspect their kids’ Halloween candy this year after 12,000 rainbow fentanyl pills were found in candy packaging at Los Angeles International Airport on Oct. 19.
“But here’s where the danger is,” he said. “Had we not intercepted those drugs in those candy bags and boxes, they would have ended up in someone’s home that night, no doubt about it.”“So a bag of Skittles that contains fentanyl pills goes into a drug dealer’s home and there happens to be kids in that home,” Bodner said. “It’s Halloween time and maybe that child then takes that bag and takes it to school with them and that’s where we have the danger of fentanyl in my mind.
Pasadena Mayor Victor Gordo and officials warn about the possibility of fentanyl being mixed in with candy this Halloween on Thursday, October 27, 2022 at Pasadena City Hall. William Bodner, special agent in charge of the DEA Los Angeles field division, and other officials warn about the possibility of fentanyl being mixed in with candy this Halloween on Thursday, October 27, 2022.