Haribo has urgently recalled packets of sweets after they were allegedly found to contain cannabis when several people fell ill.

The substance was reportedly discovered after several members of the same family, both children and adults, felt unwell after eating Happy Cola F!ZZ and contacted the police.

An investigation into the sweets has been launched, according to a spokesperson for the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA).

The NVWA said it was involved in the probe and confirmed 'samples were taken and cannabis was found in them.'

'We immediately contacted Haribo and they issued a safety warning,' a spokesperson for the NVWA told Hart van Nederland.