Three men have been arrested by police investigating a series of suspected drugs-related deaths in Suffolk.
They were held after the recent deaths of two young men in Ipswich on Christmas Eve and New Year's Day, which are thought to be related to a "dangerous batch" of ecstasy tablets.
The death of a third man in Rendlesham is also under investigation, and it emerged on Friday that the death of a fourth man in Telford, Shropshire, was also being linked to the drugs.
The three arrested men - aged 19, 20 and 26 - are all from Ipswich and were detained on Friday on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of controlled drugs.
The drugs linked to the deaths in Suffolk have been described as red and triangular with a Superman 'S' logo.
Police in Shropshire said they were not officially linking the death of the 27-year-old man in Telford on New Year's Day with the fatalities in Suffolk, but admitted there "appear to be similarities".
One of the men thought to have died from taking an ecstasy pill linked to the "dangerous" Suffolk batch has been named as 20-year-old labourer John Hocking.
The girlfriend of another man, Lithuanian Gediminas Kulokas, has told how she fought to save his life after he stopped breathing on New Year's Day, his 24th birthday.
Natasha Mumby told how she had checked on him in their lounge during the night and found him "breathing in a funny way" at the flat they shared in Provan Court, Ipswich.
"I propped him up and went back to bed. I then came back in the lounge because he was not making the breathing noise any more. He was just sitting there not breathing."
Another man from the same address, also thought to be from Lithuania, was in hospital in a serious condition, but is said to be "improving".
The death of the third man, Justas Ropas, in Ipswich on 24 December could also be linked to the drug, according to officers.
Mr Ropas was a 22-year-old machine operator.
Suffolk Police have drawn a link between these latest drugs and dangerous pills with a similar appearance found in the Netherlands last month.
The tablets in the Netherlands had a large concentration of PMMA, which acts more slowly than ecstasy's MDMA.
This means people take more pills because they think they are not working.
Following the three deaths in Suffolk, police appealed for people to hand the drugs in at a police station, A&E department or fire station.
Officers promised those surrendering the drugs would not face prosecution and that they simply wanted to remove them from circulation.
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