Warning over 'unusually strong' lethal heroin batch in UK seaside towns

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Warning over 'unusually strong' lethal heroin batch in UK seaside towns
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Four people have been arrested after Devon & Cornwall Police found an unusually strong batch of heroin was circulated in Bideford, Barnstaple and Westward Ho!

Four people have been arrested after nine others were rushed to hospital after consuming the drug A man has died and at least eight people have been rushed to hospital after a lethal batch of heroin has been sold in North Devon. Four people have been arrested after Devon & Cornwall Police found an unusually strong batch of heroin was circulated in the area. By midnight on Saturday a total of eight people had been treated in hospital after they had believed to have taken some of the heroin.

North and West Devon local policing area commander Superintendent Toby Davies said: “’As soon as we were made aware of the issue this substance was likely to cause on Friday evening, we did everything possible with partners to reach out to the drug using community to warn them of potential danger they were facing. ‘We continue to work with health partners to warn those who may be substance users to exercise extreme caution.

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