Bell Gardens police now say white powder found in a vending machine toy wasn’t cocaine. A boy bought the small balloon toy from a 25-cent machine in the Los Angeles suburb on Monday.

A young boy bought a putty-ball toy from a vending machine at a Bell Gardens restaurant and discovered what was initially thought to be cocaine, but turned out to be harmless, officials said.

Police said a white powder found inside toys dispensed by a vending machine at a California restaurant was not cocaine, as they originally believed.

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