Police probe drug links to Ayrshire teenager's death

POLICE were today investigating the death of a teenager who fell ill after a night out.

Jordan Kiltie, 19, from Ayr, was taken to hospital on Sunday morning but declared dead on arrival.

It is thought he may have taken a number of substances.

Police said they could not comment on reports that the cocktail may have been linked to the controversial "legal high" drug mephedrone.

A spokeswoman for Strathclyde Police said today: "We can confirm that a 19-year-old man was taken to Ayr Hospital at around 10.40am on Sunday March 14 but was found to be dead on arrival.

"At this time, we cannot confirm the exact cause of death. Further tests will be carried out. These tests may take some time."

Tributes to the teenager poured into his social networking site.

Friends writing on his Bebo page voiced their shock at the sudden death.

The Scottish Government yesterday stepped up calls for mephedrone to be outlawed following the deaths of two teenagers in England.

Mephedrone, known by the street names "meow meow" and "bubbles", had been taken by Louis Wainwright, 18, and Nicholas Smith, 19, before they died in Scunthorpe, Yorkshire, on Monday.

Holyrood's Community Safety Minister, Fergus Ewing, said the UK Government, which has responsibility for banning or reclassifying drugs, must be ready to act quickly, with mephedrone also linked to the death of a woman in Scotland this year.