Prisoners hand in hundreds of nitazene tablets following inmate death

The death of an inmate in Mountjoy Prison is being linked to lethal drug nitazene. Picture Colin Keegan/ Collins

Hundreds of suspected nitazene tablets have been handed over voluntarily by inmates of Mountjoy Prison following a fatal overdose linked to the drug in the jail on Thursday morning.

The Irish Prison Service confirmed the death of an inmate in the Dublin prison was being linked to the lethal drug.