Crooks make fake Cadbury Dairy Milk bars - full of cannabis

Police seized fake Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate bars filled with cannabis during a drugs raid. Officers said they "could easily be mistaken for normal bars of chocolate" but "contained quantities of an illegal drug".

Alongside 50 chocolate bars, they also seized bags of cannabis in an empty Roses chocolate tin and burner phones at an address in Rossington, South Yorkshire. A knuckle duster and over £5,000 in cash were also found in the April 16 raid.

Two men, aged 28 and 18, and a 59-year-old womanwere arrested on suspicion of possession of a controlled Class B drug with intent to supply. They were all released on police bail pending further investigation.

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Sgt Chris Rogers said the "consequences could have been disastrous" if a child had eaten the chocolate. 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."

"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."