FAMILIES on their way to enjoy the Bank Holiday weekend have been warned after mysterious pink pellets were planted at a popular beauty spot. Environment officers are investigating the incident as people have been urged to "be vigilant" and report anything suspicious. The unknown pellets were spotted at Newborough Forest, a go-to destination in Anglesey.
Many pink capsules were strewn on the forest floor in an image made public by Natural Resources Wales. Holidaymakers and dog walkers received the urgent warning, with a statement by the agency reading: "We’ve received reports of an unknown substance at Newborough forest. "Our officers are investigating and we have informed the police as a precaution.
"If you are visiting the forest please be vigilant. "We recommend keeping dogs on leads for the time being." It comes after a vet warned dog owners after sausages laced with suspected poison were discovered in an idyllic Devon town.
The alarm was raised by a horrified dog walker who found the slices of meat scattered along a river in Clyst Honiton. The woman raced to Facebook and shared photos of the dark blue substance pressed into the sausage. "Be aware walking your dog on the river, someone has left bits of sausage in the grass with blue stuff in it.
I found several bits," she wrote on the community Facebook page. The post was shared more than 670 times, including by Medivet in Exeter and Cranbrook who echoed her concern. "We've been informed by a member of the public of the.