This is almost certainly the "if it's around drugs it is drugs" method of counting; e.g., if you've got 1 gram of $DRUG in a 1 kilogram box, you're prosecuted for 1 kilogram of $DRUG.
Or maybe they were going to use it as filler? Most prescription drugs are mostly filler too, and just micrograms of active substances in many cases. But if you make a tablet of just the active stuff it's too small to handle.
I don't know much about extacy but I assume it's similar?
The result is the same, but most drugs (prescription and otherwise) are more in the milligram range. For ecstacy/MDMA an effective dose is usually on the order of 100mg.
Could be to manufacture pills for sale at festivals. By the time subject realises pill was fake sellers are long gone. And usually it's hard to find them at festival site anyway.
Either someone was making fake ecstasy tablets to sell to defraud buyers, or they were practicing before making real drugs. Either way, they are very lucky. If this were in the US this might just be changed to a conspiracy charge.
Or the police were set up. Or someone is messing with them. Or any number of things. Good luck with a conspiracy charge - conspiracy to manufacture candies?
Completely unrelated, but there is a museum in the main Haribo factory (near Orange) and it is surprisingly fun to visit, even for someone who does not like sweets.
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