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Cough Syrup Given Out To North Reading Trick-Or-Treaters

NORTH READING (CBS) -- Police in North Reading are urging parents to check their children's candy after discovering that one house was apparently giving out cough syrup on Halloween night.

A Facebook post from police said that a residence in the Olde Farm Lane area left out children's cough syrup samples for trick-or-treaters.

Parental Alert: Cough Syrup Passed Out To Trick or Treaters We took a report that a residence in the area of Olde Farm...

Posted by North Reading Police Department on Saturday, October 31, 2015

Officers recovered the box and identified the cough syrup as Hyland's 4 Kids Cold 'n Mucus.

"If your kids were trick or treating in this area tonight, please check to make sure they did not take any of these samples," police said.

In Auburn, a warning from police about a metallic object found in a candy bar wrapper turned out to be hoax.

Police now say the child made up the entire story.

 

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