{"id":257595,"date":"2025-11-02T23:08:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T23:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/257595\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T23:08:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T23:08:12","slug":"morphine-in-re-sealed-halloween-chip-bag-suspected-opp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/257595\/","title":{"rendered":"Morphine in re-sealed Halloween chip bag suspected: OPP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MATTAWA \u2014 Provincial police in Ontario say they\u2019re investigating possible tampering with Halloween candy after a report of a suspicious substance found in a chip bag.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Ontario Provincial Police say in a news release that a family in the Chenier Road area of Mattawa, located about 300 kilometres north of Toronto, reported finding a chip bag that appeared to have been cut open and re-sealed. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Officers conducted a preliminary test, which they say indicated the presence of suspected morphine. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police say there are no additional reports of similar incidents, but add they\u2019re working to determine the origin of the bag and whether there are any further public safety concerns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">As a precaution, the OPP recommends that parents and guardians inspect all Halloween treats for signs of tampering.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">That includes tears, holes, or irregularities in candy wrappers, or signs of re-sealing or altered packaging. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 1, 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MATTAWA \u2014 Provincial police in Ontario say they\u2019re investigating possible tampering with Halloween candy after a report of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257376,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,713,890,44,11867,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-257595","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-justice","10":"tag-lifestyle","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-ontario-quebec","13":"tag-top-news","14":"tag-top-stories","15":"tag-topnews","16":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}