Skip to content

Three arrested following 'drug-related' deaths

Google Claremont South Avenue, in Bensham, Gateshead. Cars are parked outside a row of terraced houses. At the end of the street is a barbers. A red post box stands outside the barbers.Google
Police searched a house in Bensham and found weapons and equipment used to make drugs

Three people have been arrested after the deaths of two men, which police believe to be drug-related.

Northumbria Police is investigating after the men, aged in their 30s and 50s, died in Gateshead.

Officers searched an address in Claremont South Avenue, in Bensham, where they found evidence of drug production and weapons.

"Two men - aged in their 20s and 30s - and a woman in her 30s have been arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs," a force spokesperson said.

"All three individuals remain in police custody."

Police are trying to establish whether the deaths are linked.

Follow BBC North East on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram. Send your story ideas to [email protected].

Related internet links