…is a lesson a New Zealand food bank has learnt the hard way after it unwittingly handed out 400 parcels containing lumps of methamphetamine disguised as pineapple sweets. Staff at Auckland City Mission have been frantic, warning recipients not to consume them. Three people were hospitalised and others only avoided getting sick by spitting them out due to the “revolting” taste. The issue emerged on Tuesday when people reported the “funny tasting” candy. Mission staff say they don’t know how the drugs got past their checks as they only accept commercially packaged donations. Local police are urgently trying to track down the drugs as each piece contains up to 300 hits with a street value of $608 – so far they’ve only recovered 16. They believe the donation was innocent but there’s no sugar-coating that it could be part of a wider drug-smuggling operation.