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This girl aged 4 took 200 bags of heroin to nursery and served her mates
Girl aged 4 'took 200 bags of heroin to nursery and handed them out like candy'
Oct 07, 2014 15:08 By Gareth Roberts
Mother Ashley Tull was arrested after shocked staff called police when children were seen with the Class A drug
Delaware State PoliceArrested: Ashley Tull has been charged after police say her daughter turned up at nursery with 200 bags of heroin
A four-year-old girl turned up at a nursery school with 200 bags of heroin and handed the Class A out like sweets to friends, according to police.
Shocked child carers called the police shortly before noon on Monday after they spotted children with wraps of the illegal drug.
The child's mother, Ashley Tull, 30, of Selbyville, Delaware, was arrested and charged with maintaining a drug property and three counts of endangering the welfare of a child, reports Fox News.
Detectives said the substance was tested and proved to be heroin.
Delaware State PoliceDelaware-Daycare-HeroinLittle bag of horrors: The heroin haul recovered by police
Police said the girl brought a backpack containing the heroin to school by mistake after the girl's usual bag was destroyed by a family pet.
Cops said the child thought the packets of the white substance were candy.
Several children from the nursery were taken to hospital as a precautionary measure but were given the all clear by doctors.
A total of 249 bags of heroin were recovered by police, weighing 3.7 grams.
Tull, who also has a nine-year-old boy and an 11-year-girl living her was released on $6,000 bail while the children are in the custody of a relative.