POLICE are warning that there may be “unusually strong” heroin on the streets of West Yorkshire after two men died from suspected overdoses.


A 36-year-old man in Leeds and a 27-year-old man in Normanton, Wakefield, both died on Saturday. The deaths are not currently being linked by detectives but are believed to be drugs-related.


Detective Chief Inspector Jim Dunkerley, of West Yorkshire Police, said enquiries were ongoing into both deaths, adding: “The force is aware of warnings issued by other forces in the Yorkshire and Humber region about unusually strong heroin or heroin derivates potentially being in circulation, and given that, it seems prudent to issue a warning now to local drugs users.


“There is no information to suggest such drugs are in circulation here in West Yorkshire but, given the unusual circumstances of two suspected Class A drugs deaths in less than 24 hours, we are conducting enquiries.”