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Drugs stolen as UK medics treat patient

The medicine pack included liquid diazepam and heart drugs

Daily Record

LANARKSHIRE, England — A medical bag was stolen from an ambulance as the crew attended a 999 call.

The bag contained a variety of medicines, some of which should only be taken under strict supervision.

Police said the bag was stolen as paramedics treated a patient in Blantyre, Lanarkshire, on Boxing Day.

The bag was found in a garden in the town yesterday.

But the medicine pack, which included liquid diazepam and heart drugs, was missing.

Sergeant Mark Stirling said: “I would warn any member of public not to take any of these medicines.

“If anyone has been offered these hospital drugs or has any information which can help our inquiry, I would ask them to contact Blantyre police office.”

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