Girl Scout Cookie Sales Feature Resistant Boxes

The Girl Scouts began their annual cookie drive Saturday with newly designed boxes to prevent tampering incidents similar to the ones that curtailed sales last year.

Sue Clancy, head of the Girl Scouts Council of Greater St. Louis, said the boxes feature a stronger glue on the ends plus a tear strip to discourage tampering.

The first incident of tampering last year was reported in St. Louis, which has the nation’s largest Girl Scout council with 33,000 members.

No serious injuries were reported and no arrests were made.