Police send urgent warning after western suburbs students hospitalised after eating lollies laced with drugs
![WA Police urged anyone who may have eaten the gummies and are feeling unwell to seek medical advice urgently and if you are in possession of the lollies to not eat them.](https://images.thewest.com.au/publication/C-15704271/7046ebf0d4d0d7651380b6fb419b34726cc7b556-16x9-x0y209w4000h2250.jpg?imwidth=810&impolicy=wan_v3)
Two western suburbs students have been sent to hospital after eating gummy lollies believed to be laced with THC, prompting police to send out a warning to not eat them.
Police said a student at a secondary school was found to be in possession of the gummy lollies believed to contain the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis.
Initial investigations established two other students from the school were hospitalised after eating similar gummy lollies.
The duo, both believed to be 17, were taken to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital after school on Tuesday and were discharged about 11pm that night.
Police urged anyone who may have eaten the gummies and was feeling unwell to seek medical advice urgently and anyone else in possession of the THC-laced lollite not to eat them.
The investigation into the origin of the gummy lollies is ongoing.
Anyone with information regarding this matter is asked to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or report the information online at www.crimestopperswa.com.au.
In February 2023, a South West teacher was convicted of possessing MDMA and magic mushrooms after an investigation into drug-laced lollipops that police feared were being distributed among school kids.
Hamish Kane Gibson, who taught at an Anglican school in Busselton, had his registration cancelled by the State Administrative Tribunal on February 13, 2023 after police seized 11.9g of MDMA and 3.539g of plant material containing psilocin from his family home in Margaret River.
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