Police are investigating five sudden deaths last weekend in Belfast.
Responding to reports that they resulted from drugs overdoses, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said it was too early to make any connection between them.
In a statement, Det Insp Pete Mullan, from the PSNI’s Organised Crime Branch, said he was aware of “concern in the community” regarding the spate of sudden deaths between Friday , November 15th and Sunday, November 17th.
“I am also aware of reports surrounding the circumstances in which they occurred and their causes,” he said.
“What I can say at this time is that postmortem examinations have been held into each of these sudden deaths and we are now waiting on the results of further tests.”
Source: Brian Hutton, Irish Times, 23th November 2019