London Club Fabric Closed Down After Drug Deaths

An 18-year-old man collapsed and died outside the club earlier this month. It followed the death of another 18-year-old who fell ill at the Farringdon venue in June.

After temporarily shutting for the weekend, BBC News now reports that the venue will stay closed until a licence review is held in the next 28 days.

A spokesman from the Metropolitan Police said: "Officers felt the need to act due to concerns about the safety of those attending the club because of the supply of class A drugs in the venue and the recent deaths of two young men linked to the club."

Fabric has not issued a statement regarding the development but speaking ahead of its weekend closure, it said: "For the past two years fabric has operated without incident but tragically in the past nine weeks two 18-year-old boys have died as a consequence of drug overdoses. In order to understand how this has happened we have agreed with the police and other agencies to suspend our operation while we investigate. The club will therefore be closed this weekend".

Over the past three years, Fabric has come under intense scrutiny from the Metropolitan police and Islington council over drug-related incidents.

In December 2014, the police asked the council to consider revoking the club’s license after four deaths in the previous three years.

Fabric remained open with strict conditions imposed on its license, including sniffer dogs and ID scans. But the club fought the decision and won an appeal in December 2015, overturning the conditions.