Drug squad to probe death
The death of a young man in Christchurch HosCital yesterday morning is eing investigated by the Christchurch drug squad. The man died soon after he had been rushed to hospital by ambulance from a house in Cashel Street A spokesman for. the Criminal Investigation Branch said it was thought the man might have injected himself with some substance before he was
taken to hospital in a collapsed state. The police yesterday were questioning the other occupants of the house about the death. The man’s identity was not released last evening - because relatives had not been told of his death. The exact cause of death would not be known until a post-mortem examination had been held, the police said.
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33962, 1 October 1975, Page 1
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