A CHELMSLEY Wood teenager has died after apparently taking a contaminated drug while out celebrating the New Year.
The 18-year-old, who has not been formally identified, is understood to have taken a tablet during a night out at the Rainbow, in Digbeth.
The teenager was rushed to hospital on Friday (January 1) after falling ill, but despite the efforts of medical staff, police today confirmed that the young man had died.
Four other clubbers who had taken the same "bad batch" of pills have been allowed home after receiving hospital treatment.
Detectives are now trying to trace the people who supplied the drug at the Birmingham venue, which had been packed out with revellers celebrating the start of 2016.
They are keen to speak to three individuals who may have distributed an unnamed Class A substance. One man and a woman are described as mixed-race, while a second man was white and wearing a fluorescent jacket.
Anyone who was at the club on New Year's Eve or New Year's Day and has information that may help police with their inquiries should call Det Insp Greg Evans on 101 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
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