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Christina Marie Hannahs, of Otis, said she found three bags
of marijuana stuffed inside the "Smart Shots Sports Center,"
toy, according to a police spokesman in the city of Newport,
where the item was purchased.
The toy, made by VTech, is for children around the ages of one
and two and comes with multiple parts including balls to toss in
a basket and a screen that lights up.
Hannahs told local broadcaster KATU that as she assembled the
item for her toddler, she found some parts were missing. Left
behind in the box were the clear plastic bags of what she said
was marijuana.
"I was shocked at first," she told KATU. "I would love a
drug-free gift for Easter."
Hannahs filed a police report and the Lincoln County Sheriff
would handle the investigation, Newport police said. The
sheriff's office could not be reached for comment about whether
the bags had tested positive for marijuana and how much of the
drug was found.
Hannahs told KATU she thinks the toy, which she found on the
clearance section of the Walmart, might have been returned by
someone who stashed the drugs inside.
"If a little bit of weed gets into packages, what else could get
in there?" she said.
A spokesman for Walmart said all questions about the
investigation should be referred to the sheriff's office until
more details were known.
(Reporting by Victoria Cavaliere)
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