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Rachael Ward

Health checks as substance suspected in custody death

Health checks were ordered for officers who tried to save a man suspected of ingesting a substance. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

An investigation is under way after a man died shortly after being arrested in central Victoria, with officers taken to hospital as a precaution.

The 27-year-old became unwell and unresponsive shortly after being arrested in Kyneton on Tuesday afternoon, Victoria Police said.

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