Police have arrested two more people on suspicion of supplying class A drugs at a festival where two people died after falling ill.

Tommy Cowan, 20, and Georgia Jones, 18, both from Havant in Hampshire, died in hospital after attending the Mutiny festival in Portsmouth on Saturday.

Police said on Tuesday they were questioning a woman from Waterlooville and a man from Havant, both aged 21, on suspicion of the supply of class A drugs.

Tommy Cowan and Georgia Jones. Photograph: Hampshire police

The arrests follow those of two 20-year-old men, from Havant and Waterlooville, and a 22-year-old man from Cosham, Portsmouth, on the same premise. The three had been released from custody but remained under investigation, Hampshire police said.

On Monday evening, more than 100 friends and relatives of Cowan and Jones gathered at Leigh Park Gardens, part of Staunton Country Park in Havant, to release balloons and messages in their memory.

Cowan’s father, Damian, who attended the tribute event, told Portsmouth paper the News he appreciated the support of everyone who had attended.

He said: “This is everyone’s way of saying goodbye. There are people here who knew either Tommy or Georgia, from different parts of their lives but we have all come together to remember them.

“It shows how much they were loved, that so many people could come at such short notice. I do appreciate that everyone has shown up today for support. It has been hard but it is nice to see everyone come together from both sides.”

Cowan, also known as Tommy Bakeer, is understood to have had a one-year-old son.

In a statement released by police, his father said: “My baby boy, I miss you so much and can’t believe you are gone. Fly high with the angels and sleep well. Until we meet again, I love and miss you always.”

Jones, a care worker who worked with people with learning and physical difficulties, was described by her family as a “very strong-willed and opinionated young lady”.



Friends and relatives gather in Havant. Photograph: Flora Thompson/PA

In a statement released by Hampshire police, they said: “She was a shoulder for anyone that needed it. She loved her job. We just hope she uses her ‘indoor voice’, wherever she may be.”

The pair were among 15 people admitted to Queen Alexandra hospital from the event that night, after which organisers issued a warning about a high-strength or bad batch of drugs.

The festival organisers later cancelled the event’s second day, which Craig David and Sean Paul were due to headline, as a safety precaution.

Police said Jones had become ill at the festival at King George V playing fields at 7.10pm, and Cowan was found collapsed 20 minutes later.

A third person who was taken seriously ill is no longer in a critical condition, a spokeswoman for the Queen Alexandra hospital confirmed.