A man has been arrested on suspicion of supplying controlled drugs after a teenage student from Bradford was found dead at his halls of residence.

Tributes were paid yesterday to first year Leeds Metropolitan University student Adam Dixon, 18, of Shelf, who was found in the early hours of Sunday.

A 22-year-old man from Headingley, Leeds, last night remained in police custody for questioning after he was arrested on suspicion of supplying controlled drugs.

A police spokesman said: “At 5.45am on Sunday, police received a report from the ambulance service of the sudden death of an 18-year-old male student at halls of residence at Beckett Park in Leeds. The death is not being treated as suspicious. A post-mortem examination took place yesterday and the results of toxicology tests are awaited.”

Adam was a former pupil at Hipperholme and Lightcliffe High School and Sports College. A statement issued by the school yesterday said: “It is a testament to Adam’s standing within our school that so many students and staff hold so many special memories of him.

“It is Adam’s wider contribution to school that will never be forgotten – from representing the school at rugby to helping out with drama productions, from speaking to prospective students at the sixth form open evening to presenting the lower school presentation evening, Adam was an obvious and worthy candidate for his ‘Head Boy’ role, a role he performed with real maturity and purpose.

“He worked tirelessly to raise money for meningitis research in memory of his close friend, Thomas Ogden, who tragically died from the disease when they were in year eleven together.

“Adam brought so much to the school during his time with us. Adam will be sadly missed by all who had the pleasure of knowing him and working with him, but he will never, ever, be forgotten.”

Mr Dixon’s family was being supported by police officers at their home yesterday.

Mr Dixon is understood to have been the boyfriend of Jenny Wilson, an events administrator at the Midland Hotel in Bradford and also a former pupil at Hipperholme and Lightcliffe.

Miss Wilson appeared to refer to a double tragedy on her Facebook site when she posted yesterday: “RIP Adam and Nannie. To be taken from me in the same day is just cruel. I love you and will miss you both.”

Messages of support and sympathy from friends poured onto her Facebook site yesterday. They included friends from the school and hotel.

Leeds Metropolitan University, in a statement, said yesterday: “Adam, who was studying a multimedia technology course, was a very popular student and will be greatly missed.”