On Monday, the police of the state of California found a stash of drugs in the vending machine with toys, after one of the children choosing to use the car, caught the ball with white powder inside.
Police say the boy and his mother bought the toy in the machine for 25 cents at the restaurant, Taqueria Los Altos in Bell Gardens. The child was playing with a ball, until it burst in his hands. It turned out that inside was hidden the cocaine. From the machine, the police withdrew about 136 grams of the drug.
Authorities say that the number on the machine says that it was registered to a company Snack Time Vending. They urge the public to report other toys distributed by the organization.
However, an employee of Snack Time Vending, did not disclose his name, said that the company has no machines that contain toy with drugs. Two other machine in the restaurant, really belong, as evidenced by their numbers. The woman also said that the owner of the machine in question probably doesn’t know about drugs as toys placed in them, usually purchased in bulk online or from wholesale sellers.
Recall that cocaine is widespread «drug for the rich«. It is usually inhaled, the powder had got into the blood through the tissues of the nose. One of the most insidious drugs known to mankind, is produced from Coca leaves. It was originally synthesized as an anesthetic. Cocaine stimulates in the brain the nerve endings, which monitors changes in the body, causing euphoria, which quickly leads to addiction.
