Police in Rotherham issue laughing gas warning

A number of empty canisters have been found on the streets recently, with South Yorkshire Police warning that inhaling laughing gas - nitrous oxide - can prove fatal.

CRIME: Security measures stepped up at South Yorkshire Co-op stores in wake of raidsA spokesman for the Rotherham Central neighbourhood policing team said: "We have found lots of these canisters lying around the streets. Young people are using these as a means of getting high by inhaling the contents through the mouth.

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