Gardaí race to get deadly drug off streets

Gardaí are racing to identify the supplier of the potent synthetic drug linked to the death of a teenage boy in a bid to take the highly dangerous chemical off the streets.

Sources said there is a “real worry” that the drug, U47700, “might be widespread” across Cork City.

A 16-year-old who was arrested in the wake of the discovery of Michael Cornacchia’s body in the Deermount area of the city on Monday was released without charge on Wednesday.