False Alarm: Vending Machine Toy Was Not Filled With Cocaine

June 22, 2017

CBS News Los Angeles reports a child’s toy found in a vending machine that initially tested positive for drugs actually had no cocaine inside it. The parent reported to police that the child retrieved a toy from a vending machine at Taqueria Los Altos restaurant in Bell Gardens, CA. While playing with the toy, it ruptured and a white powdery substance spilled out. Although Police in Bell Gardens reported the substance tested positive for cocaine, it was later determined to be a "false positive."