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19 drug-related deaths in NI linked to new drug 'speckled Rolex' John Leckey likens new drug as being similar to 'serial killer on the loose'
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An inquest into the drug-related deaths of six people in NI has heard that 19 deaths have now been linked to a new unregulated drug that was sold in Belfast last year. A coroner has likened a new unregulated drug that was introduced in Northern Ireland last year as being similar to having a serial killer on the loose.
The drug has a number of street names including, speckled cherries, speckled crosses and speckled Rolex. John Leckey made his comments at an inquest in Belfast which is looking at the drug-related deaths of six people in NI.
Scientists told the inquest they had now linked the compound in the drugs to 18 deaths in NI and eight in Hungary. The drug has a number of street names including, speckled cherries and speckled crosses.
Coroner John Leckey compared that to a serial killer being on the loose. The inquest heard it had been linked to 19 deaths in NI and eight in Hungary.
The inquest is examining the deaths of six people - five men and a woman - in Northern Ireland between May and September last year. The inquest is examining the deaths five men and a woman in Northern Ireland between June last year and February.
They were aged between 27 and 41.They were aged between 27 and 41.