Suffolk police warn of bad batch of narcotics that caused 3 deaths

Published 5 hours ago• 1 minute read

Drugs laced with a dangerous substance caused the deaths of three people in Coram on Friday and posed a danger to others, Suffolk County police said.

The Suffolk County Police Department issued a warning Friday evening that “a bad batch of narcotics” in Coram includes a “potentially deadly substance,” according to a news release.

The drugs killed three people and “seriously injured” a fourth in Coram, the department said.

The Suffolk police Medical Crisis Action Team, or MedCAT, which is training in “advanced life support,” and other extra resources have been deployed in the impacted community, the release said.

Detectives with the Homicide Section and the Narcotics Section are investigating both the source of the narcotics and the deaths they have caused, Suffolk police said.

Nicholas Grasso covers breaking news for Newsday. A Long Island native, he previously worked at several community newspapers and lifestyle magazines based on the East End.