Garda are hunting a suspect who sent poisoned chocolates to staff at a top Dublin hotel.
The perpetrator sent a box of contaminated sweets which were laced with a substance - now believed to be cannabis - to the White Sands Hotel in Portmarnock.
An innocent taxi man unwittingly delivered the Ferrero Rocher chocolates after he had been hired in Donnycarney by the suspect, the Irish Mirror has learned.
A man and a woman fell ill after eating the chocolates and were taken to hospital.
The woman was brought to Beaumont Hospital while the man has since been released.
A spokesperson for the hotel confirmed that chocolates were delivered and eaten by some staff on Monday.
She said: "Chocolates were delivered and were ingested by staff."
A duty manager said today: "It has been a very stressful time for staff and we are not commenting further."
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A source said: "Staff are in shock, it's a family run hotel, everyone is horrified after what happened to their colleagues.
"It's a lovely hotel, very well run, this has come as a huge shock to everyone."
Gardai at Malahide are investigating the incident and traced the chocolates back to the innocent taxi driver using CCTV.
A source revealed: “Staff at the hotel had consumed some chocolates which had been delivered recently.
“As a result, two people because extremely sick and had to attend hospital, claiming the chocolates had been contaminated with cannabis.”
It’s understood that gardai have seized the remaining chocolates and have taken them for analysis.
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