Woman, 81, spoke to undercover agent about animal euthanasia drugs to kill people, court hears

Coroner ordered police investigation after postmortem of Gold Coast man revealed lethal dose of animal life-ending drug pentobarbitone

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An 81-year-old woman accused of supporting a dodgy euthanasia service that provided a Gold Coast victim with a life-ending veterinary drug has been released from police custody.

Elaine Arch-Rowe was one of three people – including a father and son – charged over a police probe into the alleged assisted suicide of a Gold Coast man, with about 20 other deaths being investigated.