Woman's death believed to be drug-related

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Police investigating the suspected drug-related death a 33-year-old Whanganui woman have arrested two men for supplying a Class B substance.

Sanchia Wilson fell unconscious while socialising with a small group of people in a Whanganui house on March 28.

She was taken to Whanganui Hospital by ambulance in a critical condition after a member of the group raised the alarm.

Doctors transferred her to Wellington Hospital on Saturday. She died there yesterday afternoon.

Police said two men, 57 and 35, will appear Whanganui District Court this afternoon charged with supplying a Class B drug.

The occupants of the house where Ms Wilson fell unconscious had assisted investigators, police said.

Ms Wilson had recently moved to Whanganui from Hamilton. A post-mortem was being carried out today to establish the cause of her death, a police spokeswoman said.

- HERALD ONLINE