A police officer tells a court extra-strength pregabalin tablets were found at the scene of one death.
Police in Londonderry say a batch of extra-strength pregabalin tablets are missing after three drug-related deaths in the north-west.
Earlier, a court heard that five people had also suffered drug-related cardiac arrests in recent days.A PSNI officer told Londonderry Magistrates' Court that pregabalin tablets found as part of the investigation were "four times stronger" than normal.The prescription drug is normally used to treat epilepsy and anxiety, according to the NHS., which made it illegal to have the drugs without a prescription or supply or sell them to others.
Officers discovered a packet containing pregabalin at the scene, where a number of tablets were missing.Police attended the woman's home and found 76 pregabalin tablets, which matched those found on the deceased, and a sum of cash.The officer told the court there was still six missing blister packs of the drug and that the tablets were "four times stronger" than normal.
District judge Barney McElholm said that people were manufacturing new variants of drugs "with grossly evil intent".
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