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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Zahra Khaliq

Party season warning as nearly 5,000 fall victim to needle and drink spiking in a year

Almost 5,000 cases of needle and drink spiking incidents were reported to police in the UK within a year, the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) has said.

The most common drugs detected were cocaine, ketamine and MDMA among the 800 tests carried out so far.

Around 4,924 reports were made to UK police forces in the 12 months to September.

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