Two men arrested on suspicion of poisoning after man found dead in quiet village

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Two men have been arrested on suspicion of poisoning after the death of a man in a Norfolk village.

Officers were called by the ambulance service following reports that two men in their fifties were seriously unwell at a property in Weeting, Norfolk Police said.

Emergency services attended the address in Hereward Way, following the call at 10.30pm on Sunday, and one of the men was pronounced dead at the scene.

Norfolk Police said the death is currently being treated as unexplained and that a Home Office post-mortem examination will take place in the coming days.

The second man was taken to West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, for treatment and has since been discharged, the force said.

Norfolk Police said further inquiries led officers to arrest two men on Tuesday on suspicion of poisoning.

“A man in his forties was arrested in Thetford and taken to Bury St Edmunds Police Investigation Centre for questioning,” a force spokesperson said.

“A man in his fifties was arrested in Weeting and taken to Wymondham Police Investigation Centre for questioning.

“Both men have been released on bail pending further investigations.”