Cookstown disco crush: Hotel owner arrested over drugs
Lauren Bullock, 17, Morgan Barnard, 17, and 16-year-old Connor Currie, died after the incident
"I am shocked and horrified that the powdery substance taken by police from the laundry in my house could be drugs. Assistant Chief Constable Mark Hamilton said police carried out a search at Mr McElhatton's property on Wednesday following his arrest on suspicion of manslaughter."The search discovered a medium size clear polythene bag containing an amount of a white powdery substance and pieces of tin foil," said Mr Hamilton.
"The suspect was then de-arrested, in respect of the drugs offence, and a communication made to the media." Officers are examining CCTV footage of the incident and have appealed for any mobile phone footage or photographs of the crush to be passed to the investigators.Major Incident Public Portal.The hotel was hosting a St Patrick's Day party on Sunday night and a large group of young people were queuing to get into the disco at about 21:30 GMT.
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