EMPTY bottles and packets of dangerous prescription drugs – including methadone, the heroin substitute used to aid withdrawal – with names of patients on the side were found blowing around a Teignmouth street.

Also leaking from a wheelie type bin were documents containing names of local medical practices, doctors and patients and the type of drugs prescribed, including penicillin.

Among the names was that of a clergyman.

The discovery shocked a passer-by who contacted the Teignmouth Post, and declared: 'It is quite appalling and somebody should be held responsible.

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