Four People Arrested in Connection With Philip Seymour Hoffman's Death

Police received a tip that they were the source of heroin that killed the actor this past weekend.

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After a two-day search for the drug dealers who sold Philip Seymour Hoffman the heroin that would ultimately take his life, police have reportedly arrested four men in an NYC Mott Street apartment in connection with the drug, after receiving a tip about their involvement. According to NY Mag, the four men were questioned late yesterday, and police have ruled out the theory that the heroin sold to Hoffman contained the substance fentanyl, which has been linked to the deaths of 22 people in Pennsylvania. 

According to the New York Times, the four men were arrested with about 350 bags of heroin. Though the glassine bags that were found at the scene did not have the same symbols as the ones found in Hoffman's apartment did—the Ace of Spades and the Ace of Hearts—police reported that the investigation is still underway.

Hoffman was found dead in his NYC West Village apartment this past Sunday, dead of an apparent drug overdose. The city medical examiner is still set to determine a cause of death. Hoffman was 46.

[via NY Mag]

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