Interpol called to help with tourist spiking drinks

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Police are contacting Interpol to check the background of a Swedish tourist suspected of spiking drinks at a Napier bar.

Three patrons and a staff member were admitted to hospital last Saturday after they collapsed and began convulsing, dry-retching and vomiting at Cri Bar.

A 29-year-old man has appeared in Nelson District Court charged with one count of indecent assault and four of administering a Class B controlled drug.

He has interim name suppression.