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A 24-year-old man has been charged with supplying drugs following the death of a teenager who took a fake ecstasy tablet.

Barrie Rainey, from Alexandria in West Dunbartonshire, appeared at Dumbarton Sheriff Court today.

He was charged with supplying ecstasy and made no plea or declaration before being remanded in custody.

Police in the west and north of Scotland have said pills are being sold as ecstasy but which contain toxic chemicals with potentially fatal effects.

The tablets have been linked to seven deaths in the last two months.

An 18-year-old woman died in Alexandria and three male friends aged 18, 21 and 25 were admitted to hospital earlier this week.

Police said they had taken green pills stamped with a Rolex crown logo.

The pills have been found to contain the stimulant methoxyamphetamine, known as PMA.