These powerful images show a teenage boy lying in a coma after his drink was spiked with ecstasy.

The pictures of Ben Lee Jones stricken in a hospital bed have been shared by the 14-year-old’s family to warn others of the dangers of drugs.

Ben’s mother “thought he was going to die” after her schoolboy son fell desperately ill while he was out with friends.

They carried him home and he was then rushed to hospital by ambulance – with his mother fearing the worst.

Ben’s auntie, Abbie Lee Everett, told the Daily Post : “Two lads had to carry him home because they couldn’t wake him up and he was unresponsive.

“My sister [Ben’s mum Hayley] had to phone an ambulance. She was petrified – she thought he was going to do die.

“It was very scary because my sister got told he might have brain damage. We just burst out crying when we saw him and he had a pipe down his throat.”

He was placed in a coma at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd, Bodelwyddan, and tests showed alcohol in his blood and high levels of MDMA – the chemical found in ecstasy.

Abbie, 22, added: “He was out on Saturday night with a group of lads, around 24 of them, aged 14 to 17.

“The kids got an adult to go in a shop for drink. After that he asked someone to hold his drink and that’s all he remembers.”

Now recovering at home in Colwyn Bay after being released from hospital on Monday, the Eirias High School pupil agreed to his family sharing the images.

Abbie added: “We are so glad Ben is home and alive. We could have been organising a funeral.

“He was lucky to be alive. If another lad didn’t carry him home when he did, my sister and her husband phoning an ambulance when they did, he wouldn’t be here.”

The Welsh Ambulance Service confirmed they took a teenage boy to hospital in a “serious condition” after being called at 10.15pm on February 25 to an address in Swyn y Don, Colwyn Bay.

Police are now appealing for information following the suspected drink spiking.

North Wales Police Inspector Chris Bell said: “To spike someone’s drink without their knowledge with something which is unwanted is very dangerous.

“Fortunately the boy involved made a full recovery but it could have been a very different story.”