OAK HILL, W.Va. (AP) – Police say heroin was found in a child's trick-or-treat bag in West Virginia.
Oak Hill Police Chief Mike Whisman told news outlets that the 3-year-old girl's mother found a dark substance wrapped in a glove, and called police. Preliminary results from a field test revealed it was heroin.
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Police say they will send the substance to the State Police Crime Lab in Charleston for official confirmation. There are no suspects at this time.
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No one was hurt. The mother, Stacey Norris, told WOAY-TV she initially thought the glove was the result of someone playing a joke.
The chief said the substance likely came from Hidden Valley, an area where hundreds of children go trick-or-treating each Halloween.