Three suspected ecstasy deaths in England
POLICE in England are urging anyone who may have bought a dangerous brand of ecstasy tablet to surrender them to authorities, without fear of arrest, following three suspected drug deaths.
A 20-YEAR-OLD labourer, named as John Hocking, died after being found seriously unwell in Rendlesham, near Ipswich in Suffolk, on Thursday.
A second man, also in his 20s and originally from Lithuania, died in Ipswich the same day.
Another man from the same address was taken to hospital in a serious condition.
Detectives believe their cases may be linked to the drugs-related death in Ipswich on Christmas Eve of another man, also aged in his 20s.
Police believe the deaths could have been a result of taking a particularly dangerous batch of ecstasy.
Superintendent Louisa Pepper, from Suffolk Police, said that anyone in possession of the tablets, believed to be red, triangular and embossed with an "S" Superman emblem, should hand them in at a police station, accident and emergency department or fire station.
"Tragically three young men have lost their lives.
"We view this particular drug as especially dangerous and want to prevent further deaths and save lives."
Supt Pepper said she could understand people's reluctance to surrender drugs to authorities "but we are not looking to arrest or prosecute people".
Police have drawn a link between the drugs and dangerous pills with a similar appearance which were in circulation in the Netherlands last month.
Those tablets had a large concentration of PMMA, which acts more slowly than MDMA, the main component of ecstasy. This causes people to take more pills because they think they are not working.
PMMA can cause high body temperature and an increased heart rate.
POLICE in England are urging anyone who may have bought a dangerous brand of ecstasy tablet to surrender them to authorities, without fear of arrest, following three suspected drug deaths.
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