Police declared a major incident early on Friday evening to try and contain the class A drug.
A man has died and four people have been arrested after taking an 'unusually strong batch' of heroin in North Devon. Devon police declared a major incident early Friday evening when they discovered the batch of class A drugs had been circulated. By midnight, the man had died and eight others who were also believed to have taken the drug had been treated in hospital, police said. They said the drugs were circulated in Westward Ho!, Bideford and Barnstaple.
Read more:Four arrested over alleged people smuggling Facebook advertsSocial media influencer shot dead by gunman posing as food delivery driver North and West Devon 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.
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