AAP report more than 100 people were found by police to be carrying drugs during the Future Music Festival held at Randwick Racecourse on Saturday.
More than 80 people were issued with field court attendance notices for drug possession while 28 people were charged with supplying a prohibited drug.
More than 280 pills, believed to be ecstasy, were seized during the operation as well as a quantity of amphetamine, cannabis leaf and LSD, police said.
Police ejected 67 people from the grounds, with 18 of the ejections involving people with links to known criminal groups or Outlaw Motor Cycle Gangs.
As crowds left the precinct, three people were injured when a motorbike hit two pedestrians at the intersection of Alison Road and Darley Street.
Two women, aged 18, and a 22-year-old man riding the motorbike were injured.
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Jess
almost 2 years ago
It amazes me the extent to which music festivals in melbourne are so strongly associated with drug taking. I remember reading about the Dutch dance promotions company Q-dance deciding not to stage the Defqon.1 Festival in Melbourne last year, because of the hight rate of GHB related overdoses at the Decemeber 2007 festival. It seems that this is a real problem that needs addressing.
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Polite Society
almost 2 years ago
@Jess: to be fair, there were some insane number of hospitalisations at that festival (Trance Energy, i think it was) something like 30 or so. There will always be a high percentage of drug use at festivals as there is such a large number of people that aren't there for the music, they just seem to want a day to get mashed. A very expensive day to get mashed. Very annoying.
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