A 63-year-old man and 53-year-old woman have been arrested after Winnipeg police say they handed out cannabis candies to trick-or-treaters on Monday night.
Over a dozen reports about the candies were received by the major crimes unit. All of them came from families who trick-or-treated in the south Tuxedo neighbourhood, police said.
The children who received the cannabis edibles were six to 16 years old, police say.
“I’m upset that it happened, as a parent,” Winnipeg police Const. Dani McKinnon said at a news conference Wednesday. “As a police officer, unfortunately, I’m not surprised.”
A search warrant was carried out at a home at the south end of Coleraine Crescent, where the man and woman were taken into custody.
They are expected to face 13 counts each of distributing cannabis to minors, distributing illegal cannabis, causing bodily harm by negligence, and administering a noxious thing with the intent of endangering life.
Four packages of the candies were recovered, police say. Investigators plan to speak with more victims and will recover other reported packages.
Both of the accused were released on a promise to appear in court, the release said.