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Ajax: police report wire found in Halloween candy near Rossland and Church

Durham Regional Police say they have received a report of a wire or similar object found inside a piece of Halloween candy collected in the Rossland Road West and Church Street North area in Ajax. Police ask anyone with information, or who finds a suspicious item in Halloween candy, to call 905-579-1520.

By Daily Durham News

Nov 4, 2026, 6:18 p.m. ET1 min read

Assorted unwrapped gummy and licorice candies. Generic file photo; not the candy named in the police alert. — File photo: assorted candies. Generic image, not the candy named in the alert. (Photo: Rainer Zenz, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0) · Credit: Rainer Zenz, Wikimedia Commons

Durham Regional Police say they received a report of a wire or similar object located inside a piece of Halloween candy collected in the area of Rossland Road West and Church Street North in Ajax.

Police shared the alert on their official Instagram account on November 4, 2026, and ask anyone with information, or anyone who locates a suspicious item in Halloween candy, to call police at 905-579-1520.

The alert does not state whether anyone was injured, and does not identify who collected the candy.

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