By Police1 Staff
BELL GARDENS, Calif. — Officials say that a false positive led them to believe that powder found inside a toy was cocaine.
Police were called to a Bell Gardens restaurant Monday after a toy from a vending machine ruptured and white powder came out, KABC reported. Investigators recovered 17 toys with balloons containing the white powder.
Authorities said a false positive showed the powder was cocaine, but follow-up tests showed a resemblance to baking powder or talcum powder, KTVU reported.