Bag of powdery substance found in children’s playground

[Darren S]

Warning to parents using the playground in Dulwich Park. My daughter and her friends found a bag of ‘crunchy powder’ in the children’s playground this morning around 11ish. They thought it was ‘popping candy’ and all tried some before seen with it.

Request to parents using the playground - if you see plastics bags with suspect looking contents or powder on the floor in the playground or park: pick it up and throw it in the bin. Don’t walk past and think someone else will deal with it. The next person to walk by might be a child who could pick it up not understanding what it could be.

Hopefully our daughter and her friends will be ok and it’s a lucky escape. But please be aware in case anyone else’s child may have found it before them.

[ctovey]

Might be an idea to report it to the police if you think the powder to be 'suspect' rather than throw it in the bin.

[teetomthomas]

Hope the kids are all okay. 
What did the bag look like? 
what did you do with it after they’d all had a dab?