Death in UK immigration removal centre is the first believed to be linked to the drug spice
Staff at Brook House had warned it was ‘only a matter of time’ before someone died as a result of taking the drug
The death of a man in an immigration removal centre a fortnight ago is believed to be linked to the drug spice, in what is thought to be the first case of its kind.
The death comes a year after an official report into conditions at Brook House near Gatwick Airport warned that staff believed “it was only a matter of time before a detained person died as a result of taking spice”.
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