Two people have been arrested and charged after seven Virginia elementary students ate gummy bears from a plastic baggie that later tested positive for the potentially deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl, the Amherst County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday.

At first, it seemed the students were having an allergic reaction to something they ate Tuesday, Amherst County Public Schools said. The sheriff’s office conducted a field test of the bag, which had “a positive reaction for fentanyl,” the school district said.

“Preliminary investigation shows the students ingested gummy bears from a plastic baggie. In that baggie contained a residue, and the residue tested positive for fentanyl,” sheriff’s spokesperson Lt. Dallas Hill told CNN.

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    2411 months ago

    I know it’s not important but do those mug shots look like they were taken from above to anyone else?

    • @[email protected]
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      311 months ago

      It looks like they are poking their heads through plywood cutouts of people sitting in barber chairs.

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      11 months ago

      Better angle to avoid the double chin showing up (if there is one).