A 19-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman have been arrested on suspicion of supplying a class A drug after a teenage girl died following an adverse reaction to ecstasy. Faye Allen, 17, from Liverpool, fell ill at the Don't Let Daddy Know (DLDK) club night at Victoria Warehouse in Trafford in the early hours of Monday. She was taken to hospital but died shortly afterwards.
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said the drug involved was a form of ecstasy known as 'MasterCard'. Officers were called to the venue at around 5am after reports that Allen had collapsed. The event, which ran from 9pm Sunday to 6am Monday, was attended by up to 5,000 people. Police have urged anyone who may have taken the same drug to seek medical attention immediately.
DCI Ben Ewart of GMP's Trafford division said: 'Our thoughts and condolences remain with the family of this girl at this heartbreaking time. We have made two arrests in connection with this investigation and currently have a man and a woman in custody who will be questioned later today.' The suspects were arrested on Tuesday in St Helens, Merseyside.
Allen's boyfriend's father, who asked not to be named, told the Manchester Evening News: 'She had never been to a rave or nightclub before. This was the first time. She took a pill for the first time and disaster has struck. The whole family are absolutely devastated.' Allen is understood to have been at the event with her boyfriend. She lost two younger siblings to cot death in 2004.
The teenager's death comes just over a month after 16-year-old Sky Nicol died in Darwen, Lancashire, after suspected ecstasy use. Last year, three men died in Suffolk and one in Telford after taking ecstasy tablets with a Superman motif, which investigators believe contained high concentrations of PMMA rather than MDMA. Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 0161-856 7662 or 101, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
