Police have issued a warning to drug users after an elderly man was found dead and two men were left in hospital.

Police were called to Arlington Road in Camden Town yesterday (August 12) at 4.15pm, after reports that a man in his early 70s had been found dead.

The death is being treated as unexpected, officers found drugs paraphernalia at the address.

The force is currently in the process of contacting the man’s next of kin.

The death has triggered Metropolitan Police to issue a warning over illegal substances, as the London Ambulance Service were called 20 minutes later to reports of two men taken ill a short distance away in Cubitt Street, between King’s Cross and Farringdon.

The men were treated at the scene before being taken to hospital.

It is believed that both men had taken heroin.

Detective Chief Inspector Chris Soole from the Central North Command Unit said: “There is no safe way of taking illegal drugs, however the incidents today have caused us particular concern. We would urge anyone who bought drugs in or around this area to safely dispose of these substances as soon as possible.

“An investigation is continuing to establish where these drugs have come from and I encourage anyone with information to contact police.”

There have been no arrests and enquiries continue.