Fake ecstasy deaths warning
Police in Scotland has issued posters warning festival goers of the recent deaths linked to fake ecstasy pills. There have been seven reported death in Scotland linked to the pills.
Fake 'Rolex' drugs suspected links to Belfast deaths
Police in Northern Ireland are working to establish whether fake 'Rolex' ecstasy drugs, thought to be linked to the death of seven young people in Scotland are the same ones suspected to be responsible for a number of sudden deaths in Belfast.
It had been feared that 8 unexplained deaths of people in their 20s and 30s over the past month in Northern Ireland had been caused by the same batch of drugs, however police said no single drug was responsible.
PSNI officers told UTV they were liasing with officers across the UK, and in the republic of Ireland.
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