Needles and nails discovered in Halloween candy

After Halloween, more and more cases of candy prepared with sharp metal parts become known nationwide.

In Essen, two families found needles in chocolate bars and a bag of wine gums, the police in the North Rhine-Westphalian city announced on Sunday evening. These were therefore collected by their children from front doors on Halloween evening. The families lived in different parts of the city, no one was injured, and the investigation is ongoing.

Dangerous objects also appeared in candy after Halloween in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. In Schönberg near Lübeck, needles were found in chocolate bars on Sunday, the police said.

Assault investigation

In Holm, Schleswig-Holstein, parents discovered nails in chewy sweets, according to police in Bad Segeberg. Accordingly, a three and a half centimeter long nail was initially noticed in a piece of candy, then more were discovered. Investigations into attempted grievous bodily harm were also underway there.

In Burg on the Schleswig-Holstein island of Fehmarn, a girl found a three-centimeter long sewing needle in an openwork chocolate bar. According to the Lübeck police, the eleven-year-old was traveling with a companion of the same age and her parents filed a complaint.

According to the police, in Umpferstedt near Weimar in Thuringia, stapler needles were discovered on Sunday in chewy sweets that two children aged eleven and twelve had collected on Saturday evening while walking around. They also remained uninjured. It was still unclear exactly where the sweets came from.

Cases also in Austria

Parents also found dangerous objects in their children's Halloween candy in several places in Bavaria. There were two cases in Landshut and Adlkofen in which sweets contained sharp objects, screws and needles. In Vilshofen an der Donau, parents discovered a nail in a crispy waffle. In Nuremberg, Obernburg am Main and Neuburg an der Donau, children found needles while unpacking chocolate bars.

Several similar cases had already become known nationwide - including in Eichsfeld and Herbsleben in Thuringia and in Hanover. In Austria, metal objects were also discovered in candy collected by children on Halloween.

Parents should check sweets

Police everywhere recommended that parents check the candy collected by their children. When checking the sweets, particular attention should be paid to possible puncture marks, damaged packaging or other abnormalities. Attention should also be paid to packaging that is externally undamaged. Anyone who discovers suspicious sweets should not eat them, store them with packaging and contact the police.