RCMP provided an update Thursday, saying a substance seized from a child’s Halloween candy in Rocky Mountain House did not test positive for a controlled substance.
On Nov. 2, a concerned parent contacted Rocky Mountain House RCMP after going through their child’s Halloween candy and coming across an open package with three pieces of a dark, unknown substance inside.
RCMP said early tests of the substance resulted in a presumptive positive test for the presence of fentanyl.
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However, further testing at a lab did not produce “positive tests for a controlled substance,” RCMP said in a news release Thursday.
Officers continue to investigate.
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