Packaging of the dupe chocolate bars looked more whacky than the real Dairy Milk (Picture: South Yorkshire Police/SWNS)
Stacks of cannabis chocolate bars made to look like Cadbury Dairy Milk were seized after a raid.
Three people were arrested following a raid at a house in Rossington, Doncaster, in South Yorkshire.
The dupe Dairy Milk bars ‘could easily be mistaken for normal bars of chocolate,’ the police warned.
But inside the whacky-looking packaging the chocolate actually ‘contained quantities of an illegal drug,’ it said.
Bags of cannabis were found stashed inside an empty tin of Roses (Picture: South Yorkshire Police/SWNS)
Over £5,000 of cash was also recovered from the property (Picture: South Yorkshire Police/SWNS)
The chocolate wrappers had ‘Daily Milk’ written on it along with 500mg suggesting the strength of the edible cannabis (Picture: South Yorkshire Police/SWNS)
Officers found a pile of 50 chocolate bars laced with edible cannabis during the raid on Tuesday.
They also recovered a large amounts of marijuana, more than £5,000 in cash, a knuckle duster and burner phones suspected of being used by drug dealers.
A 28-year-old man, a 59-year-old woman and an 18-year-old man were arrested on suspicion of possession of a controlled Class B drug with intent to supply.
The trio have since been released on police bail pending further enquiries.
Sergeant Chris Rogers from South Yorkshire Police’s Doncaster South NPT said the ‘consequences could have been disastrous’ if children got hold of the chocolates.
He said: ‘We were able to execute a warrant under Section 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Act thanks to vital intelligence received concerning activities happening at a property in the Rossington area.
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‘Inside, we found significant amounts of drugs which have since been destroyed as well as cash and phones which strongly suggest that drug deals were taking place from inside the property.
‘The chocolate bars we recovered could easily be mistaken for normal bars of chocolate when in fact they contained quantities of an illegal drug in the form of cannabis.
‘If these were to end up in the hands of a child, the consequences could have been disastrous and we are pleased we have been able to take these out of circulation.’
He warned dealers in the area, saying that ‘we will find you and endeavour to bring you before the courts.’
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