Police warn drug users of 'potential bad batch'
Police are warning of a possible "bad batch" of drugs after a town's emergency services were called to several incidents over Easter.
Northamptonshire Police said users in the Wellingborough area had displayed "signs of drug-induced psychosis", with two men being taken to hospital.
Det Insp Beth Warren said it "possibly pointed to a potential bad batch of drugs being in circulation".
In a post by the force on X, she said it was not clear yet exactly which drugs may have been taken in the incidents.
Det Insp Warren said: "We would never advocate anyone taking illegal drugs, but we acknowledge there are people in our communities with drug addictions.
"It's vital that we put the message out around our concerns that there may be drugs in circulation which are causing really acute behavioural disturbance (ABD)."
On Sunday afternoon, paramedics and police were called when a man in Wellingborough who had reportedly taken an overdose was showing signs of ABD.
Early on Monday, there were reports of a disturbance at a hotel in Wellingborough. A 33-year-old male was also experiencing possible ABD and was taken to Kettering General Hospital.
A 38-year-old man was later taken to the same hospital after police were called to a different property and found him hallucinating.
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