Ugandan police have arrested a man they suspect supplied fake drugs to Australian miner Christopher Kirkman, who was found dead in his Ugandan hotel room on Wednesday. Mr Kirkman was in transit in Entebbe, near the Ugandan capital Kampala, after he missed a connecting flight to Australia. He had been working in the Democratic Republic of Congo with Australian gold mining company, Byrnecut, since February 2013. It is believed he had gone out for a drink with a fellow Australian on Wednesday and collapsed later in his hotel room. Scroll down for video Christopher David Kirkman, 30, was working for an Australian mining company, Byrnecut, at the Kibali goldmine in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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Christopher David Kirkman, 30, from Western Australia was found dead in his Ugandan hotel room on Wednesday
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Ugandan police believe Kirkman died from a drug overdose and have arrested a man they suspect supplied fake drugs
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Kirkman had flown into Uganda before later collapsing in his hotel room
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He was in transit in Uganda on his way from the DRC to Australia
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Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs is providing consular assistance to the man's family
The other Australian man was reportedly rushed to @placeholder hospital after he also collapsed, but police say that man was recovering after treatment.