Two 33-year-olds, who have been granted interim name suppression, appeared via video link in the Christchurch District Court this morning charged with supplying ecstasy.
The pair, a male and a female, were arrested yesterday and charged with possession to supply a Class B drug, and police aren't ruling out laying more serious charges.
The charges follow the death of a 20-year-old who died in Christchurch in the early hours of Sunday.
The death has prompted fresh warnings for greater care when people choose to take drugs. (Source: 1News)
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The male, a labourer, is charged with supplying a known person with a class B controlled drug, namely ecstasy, and is jointly charged with the female for possession of a class B controlled drug, namely ecstasy.
The male is also charged with failing to assist a person, namely a police officer, in conducting a search.
Judge Kevin Phillips remanded the male to reappear in court this afternoon. The female has been bailed and will reappear on September 15.
Police have issued a warning after the man's death, and two other incidents in Queenstown which saw people have seizures after reportedly taking MDMA.
It comes ahead of a music festival in Queenstown.
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