A 33-year-old man has died after drinking a pear drink manufactured in the Caribbean which contained a lethal amount of cocaine.
Joromie Lewis, of Gosport, Hampshire, became ill immediately after drinking the pear fruit drink in Southampton.
He died within hours at Southampton General Hospital.
A Hampshire police spokeswoman said: 'It appears from police inquiries that Mr Lewis ingested a small amount of liquid in the belief he was drinking a genuine pear drink.'
A post-mortem examination was carried out on Saturday. The results are inconclusive and toxicology tests are being carried out.
The spokeswoman continued: 'On Wednesday, police received laboratory test results which showed that the liquid in the juice bottle contained a lethal amount of cocaine.
'Police now have established that the bottle of Cole Cold Pear D fruit drink was manufactured in the Caribbean and the company did not export this drink to the UK.'
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