drugs ' before realising it was just Haribo sweets. Officers announced on Twitter that they had found the haul in Saint-Ouen near Paris on Wednesday and a tweet showing pictures of the 'drugs' - in both powder and pill form - was accompanied by a caption boasting of a successful investigation.
The post added that drugs worth £860,000 (€1million) had been seized, while stolen mobile phones were also found. But toxicology analysis carried out on Thursday concluded "the powder seized in the apartment was a neutral powder, not falling under either narcotic products or poisonous substance", according to Le Parisien.
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