PESHAWAR, Aug 31: A French tourist died apparently due to excessive use of narcotics at a local hotel here on Tuesday night, police officials said.

He is the second foreign tourist after Japanese Yamada to die in the city last week.

The French tourist, Dauvin Phibaut arrived here on Monday and hired a room in a hotel in the cantonment area.

The hotel management called out the local police when the tourist did not come out of the room since his arrival.

The police opened the room and found Dauvin Phibaut dead.

Doctors said the tourist seemed to have died from using narcotics in excess. The police have started investigation.

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