Home Office intervenes over spate of alleged spikings on nights out
by Aubrey Allegretti from on (#5QXVX)
Police asked to give urgent update on inquiries into reports of women being drugged via drinks or needles
The home secretary has requested an urgent update from police on investigations into a spate of reports of women having their drink spiked or being drugged by injection on nights out, the Guardian understands.
Priti Patel's intervention comes after police in Nottingham arrested a 20-year-old man as part of an investigation into spiking, following reports of women being injected with needles in the past fortnight.
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