French waiter in court after 'dodgy drugs' linked to Melbourne deaths
A French waiter accused of dealing dodgy drugs that may have led to three fatal overdoses in Melbourne on the same weekend has appeared in court.
Sebastien Verger-Giambelluco, 30, appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates' Court on Monday on charges of trafficking MDMA and possessing the proceeds of crime.
The court heard that 20 people in Melbourne had been taken to hospital suffering suspected overdoses on the weekend.
Police confirmed three of the overdoses turned fatal, however they could not say if all of them were linked to Verger-Giambelluco.
"A batch of drugs like this will take some time to disappear from the scene," Detective David Newman told 7 News on Sunday.
"MDMA is a popular drug, we're aware of that," he said.
Chapel Street night club Revolver issued a warning to patrons saying the "very dangerous" synthetic drug can cause violent reactions, hallucinations and may result in death.
Police said it will take some time before they know if it was the drug's potency or something it was cut with that caused the overdoses.
Police are waiting on drug testing and a toxicology report to see if the same drug is responsible for the three deaths.
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