Police believe a man sold dangerous homemade cannabis-laced "gummie lollies" - which left one child in hospital - more than 150 times over a three-day period and mostly to school children.
They have issued a warning over the potential toxic effects of "gummies", urging any one who has them to hand them in.
Police alleged they were sold through a vapes and cannabis dial-a-dealer service in Canberra recently.
ACT police arrested 24-year-old Vietnamese national Phuc Tran late last week and accused him of the alleged manufacture of drugs in his Franklin home and the alleged supply of vapes and drugs to Canberra teenagers. He has not entered a plea.
Tran is due to reappear in court on the drugs charges next week. In a raid on his Franklin home last week, police say they found a large quantity of illegal vapes, a grow house set-up, moulds ready, and cannabis in the slow cooker.
Analysis of an alleged drug dealer's bank records have revealed that over 150 deals had been done across the ACT within three days.
Equally concerning for parents was an alert issued by police that the drugs still in circulation in the community may be highly toxic.
In late August, a child collapsed, was in and out of consciousness, and vomited after reportedly consuming cannabis-laced gummies. The child was subsequently taken to hospital.
It is alleged that the cannabis gummies were purchased via social media.
Police also believe that the busy dial-a-dealer service, conducted out of an innocuous blue Hyundai, often had been operating just metres from ACT school properties, the drugs received and payment made via "tap" credit transactions.
Gungahlin police had led the investigation which resulted in Tran's arrest and the station's officer in charge, Inspector Nigel Booth, said the cannabis gummies believed to have been consumed by the child were of significant concern.
"Following analysis of evidence collected on Friday, we are aware that the man we allege is responsible for the supply of these gummies had conducted approximately 150 deals between Tuesday and Thursday last week, most of which were to school-aged children," Inspector Booth said.
"Given the reckless way these gummies are being produced, the potency and ingredients of the gummies could be anything."
"Police are very concerned as we believe that people, including children, are still in possession of these gummies.
"We would encourage parents to speak to their children and discuss the potentially harmful impacts that these drugs can pose. If you have them - hand them into your closest police station."
