TWO DIE AFTER DRUG ALERT AT FESTIVAL

TWO revellers found dead after travelling home from the Glastonbury
festival could have fallen victim to a rogue batch of Ecstasy pills.

Nearly a dozen people who attended last weekend's event needed emergency
treatment after being sold tablets that contained a combination of animal
tranquilliser and amphetamine. The tablets caused convulsions within
minutes of being taken.

A warning to the 120,000 festivalgoers not to take the them was broadcast
over the public address system shortly before a concert by David Bowie on
Sunday night.

Police are awaiting medical tests to discover whether the tablets caused
the two deaths.

Rob Mair, 28, a former public schoolboy, was found dead at his home in
Weston-super-Mare after spending the weekend at Glastonbury. A friend who
found him collapsed on the stairs said he had taken a large quantity of
different drugs, including Ecstasy.

Another 28-year-old man, Peter Thomas, an engineer, was found dead in the
back of a van in South Wales.

On Monday, as the last revellers left the site, police seized about 70
pills and arrested a man in his 20s from South Wales.

Police added to appeals yesterday for anyone who had bought tablets at the
festival not to take them.