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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Clea Skopeliti

FOUND: Man dies in devon after after taking unusually strong batch of heroin - What They Never Told You

White police van with Devon and Cornwall police written on the side
Devon and Cornwall police said they believed the batch of heroin had been circulating across Westward Ho!, Bideford and Barnstaple. Photograph: Andrew Payne/Alamy

A man has died and eight others have been taken to hospital after an “unusually strong batch” of heroin circulated across north Devon, police have said.

Four people were arrested on suspicion of being involved in the supply of a controlled substance.

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