Boy, 3, left seriously ill after drinking from bottle 'laced with drug' A TODDLER was left unconscious after drinking from a discarded soft drink bottle that may have contained illicit drugs in Melbourne's CBD. The three-year-old boy was playing with his brother outside an Elizabeth St apartment about 8pm yesterday when he picked up the bottle and drank from it, Ambulance Victoria spokesman Paul Bentley said. The boy became seriously ill, prompting his brother to raise the alarm with his parents, who immediately dialled 000. Paramedics found the boy unconscious when they arrived at the scene, before taking him to the Royal Children's Hospital in a serious condition. The boy's condition is now stable. Tests will be conducted to determine the suspicious substance inside the soft drink bottle, with authorities believing it could be the illicit drug GHB. Victoria Police spokeswoman Natalie Webster said police had not received a report on the incident.