Crime & Safety
2 Dozen Drug Overdoses Investigated In Norwich, New London County
Four of the overdoses from last weekend reportedly were fatal.
NORWICH, CT — Authorities are investigating after more than two dozen drug overdoses were reported in Norwich last weekend, four of which resulted in deaths, WTNH-TV reported.
Two more fatal overdoses were reported in New London County over the weekend, one in New London and one in the Jewett City section of Griswold.
The overdoses involved cocaine, crack cocaine and opioids, which has police searching for batches of possibly tainted drugs.
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