Thames Valley Police have made a public retraction and apology after mistakenly issuing a warning to schools over a non-existent drug - the so-called ‘Strawberry Meth’ - based on a hoax e-mail which is believed to have originated in the United States.
“One of our officers, who is new to his post, received the e-mail internally in good faith and forwarded it on to the schools in West Oxfordshire to warn them,” said a police spokesman. "The officer should have double checked before taking this action, which he did take with the best intentions, and we will be making sure this sort of thing does not happen again- by laughing at him in the canteen for the next few weeks."
The spokesman added: “However, this incident does not lessen our determination to stamp out drug abuse. We will continue in our efforts to free the community from the misery inflicted by Charlie Brown, Bum Crack and Cherry Coke.”
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