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A 21-YEAR-OLD man was fighting for his life in hospital last night as police warned clubbers of a new type of ecstasy.

Officers issued an alert over the Bitcoin tablets after the man, who is thought to have taken three of the yellow pills, was taken into intensive care.

Police said he was found in an “agitated” state at a house in Cadzow Bridge Square, Hamilton, early yesterday.

He was rushed to Hairmyres Hospital in East Kilbride.

The police warning about the Bitcoin pills, which are embossed with the digital currency’s logo, follows an alert over red ecstasy tablets known as Mortal Kombat.

Detective Sergeant Martin McKendrick said: “Illicit drugs are dangerous as has been proved on a number of occasions recently where people have been hospitalised.

“We are trying to establish where exactly the man took the drugs and where he got them.

“I would ask that anyone with information about the supply of drugs, in particular the type described as Bitcoin, contact police.

“I would also urge anyone who has taken the drug and feels unwell, or who knows someone who has taken it in the last few hours, to attend or contact their local hospital for treatment and advice.”

In February, 17-year-old Clydebank schoolgirl Regane McColl died after apparently swallowing Mortal Kombat tablets at the Arches nightclub inGlasgow.

She collapsed at the city centre venue and died in hospital a short time later.

Last week, father-of-two Paul Stokes was taken to intensive care after he became ill in the queue to the same club.

The 39-year-old is thought to have taken ecstasy while he was waiting to get inside.

Last month, Jack Blades, 16, of Airdrie, was left fighting for his life after taking a Mortal Kombat pill at a house party.

He spent four days in a coma in Monklands Hospital, and was allowed home at the end of March.

His mother Sharon Aitken said his friends had told her he had taken Mortal Kombat at the party in Coatbridge.