NL Times [Netherlands]
28 October 2015
by Graeme Kidd
Police have confirmed that the poisonous Zwarte Piet
candy being handed out is in fact a hoax. The story was spread on social media with
a picture that seems to be of the police website. This photo was manipulated to
look like the police site’s home screen, according to the police.
According to the hoax, it received over 250 reports of
young people dressed as Zwarte Piet handing out the Dutch treat pepernoten. It
states that the candy is meant to poison children and comes with the advice not
to accept anything from Zwarte Piet. […]