Missouri Mom Shares Horror After Finding Fentanyl Inside Barbie Doll Packaging: ‘that’s Terrifying’

A Missouri mom has shared her scary aft uncovering fentanyl wrong nan packaging of a Barbie doll — arsenic constabulary recovered five akin dolls successful nan area.

Jade Adams purchased 1 of 5 Barbie dolls sold astatine Cargo Largo, a discount shop successful Independence, astir 10 miles eastbound of Kansas City, that authorities opportunity had a suspicious powder hidden wrong nan packaging.

Adams told WDAF she and her hubby were shocked erstwhile nan powder exploded aft they opened nan artifact successful their car.

As he opened nan integrative packaging pinch a knife, “it was for illustration poof successful nan car,” she told nan outlet. “We were like, ‘What is that?’”

The mom was beside herself, reasoning astir what could person happened had it been her kid who opened nan package, telling nan outlet that it was “terrifying” to imagine.

“They could person dusted that each complete themselves, their house, wherever they opened it,” Adams said. “Like, it’s not conscionable me, it’s really conscionable nan kids for me. That’s my baby, that’s my past baby, that’s terrifying.”

Adams said her mom returned to nan shop to pass workers of nan vulnerable supplier she had recovered attached to nan doll.

“She went to Cargo Largo and was like, ‘You request to get these Barbies; you request to get each these Barbies,” Adams said. “So, they filled a full cart up of these Barbies and took them to information and were like, ‘You request to cheque each of these Barbies.’”

The Independence Police Department took to Facebook on Saturday to pass section shoppers astir nan impacted Barbies — and alert group that they were connected nan hunt for 5 impacted dolls.

After workers astatine nan shop were notified astir nan suspicious powder, they called nan police, who wished that nan constituent was fentanyl.

It was wished that 5 Barbie dolls pinch fentanyl wrong nan packaging had been sold, constabulary said.

However, each of nan impacted Barbie dolls were recovered wrong a matter of hours.

The investigation “revealed nan Barbie Dolls themselves were not compromised. Fentanyl was discovered taped wrong nan backmost packaging of nan dolls,” constabulary said successful an update.

“There is nary logic to judge compromised units were sent to different retailers and nary injuries person been reported,” nan constabulary added successful their update.

The incident remains nether investigation by police.