Two children have eaten drugs they found on a Belfast street after mistaking them for sweets.
The children, both aged under eight, were taken to hospital as a precaution.
The pills were in a plastic sandwich bag which the children discovered on Northumberland Street in west Belfast.
DUP councillor Nicola Verner told Belfast Live: "This is a terrifying prospect and I wish the children and their families the very best as they handle the situation. Their parents must be completely shocked at what has happened.
"I understand the children were taken to hospital for treatment and I pray they got there in time and the medical teams were able to help them before any serious damage was done to their little bodies."
She asked all parents to be vigilant.
"We don't know at this stage what the drugs were, we don't know how they got to be on the ground," she said.
"They could have been separated by a family member from a pack to help an elderly relative, they could have been being moved illicitly, we just don't know.
"What is clear is that two very young children have had their health and potentially their lives put at risk and that should never have happened."
