During the early part of Friday  evening during the sand racing on Port Erin Beach,  Police and Ambulance crews responded to three local  males who were taken seriously ill at the event. These males it is believed took what Police suspect to be legal highs, commonly bought over the internet.
 
Sergeant Gary Heaton of Port Erin Police Station said:-  “Upon Police arrival two of the males had already been taken to hospital in a serious condition and the third was being treated by paramedics.  As a  precaution we cordoned off the area that they were located in and we also recovered a black foil packet which contained a  number of small blue and pink tablets with a horizontal line across the tops, there were  no other markings on the tablets. The packaging however had the  words across the front saying; “NOT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION”.
 
What I would like to say to the public is that just because substances such as this are not illegal it does not make them safe.
 
All three males have subsequently been released from hospital but should anybody come into contact with similar tablets or be offered them to take I would strongly advise against doing so”.
 
If anybody has any information as to what they saw or can help us with this enquiry then we would like to hear from you by calling Police Headquarters on 631212.