COLUMBUS (WCMH) – Police are warning residents after an alarming number of suspected opiate overdoses were reported in east Columbus on Sunday.

Columbus Division of Police Sgt. Rich Weiner said police and the Columbus Division of Fire reported nine people were treated for the suspected overdoses within a short distance of one another. Two of the victims died.

Police advise that there may be highly potent and dangerous drug units circulating in the central Ohio. Police are advising all individuals in possession of heroin to destroy the units immediately.