Fourteen people – including a teenage girl from North Nowra – have been charged with drug-related offences, during a police operation at the Rolling Loud music festival on Sunday night.
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Officers searched 271 people at the Sydney Olympic Park event, with 13 charged with possessing a prohibited drug and one person charged with supplying prohibited drugs.
A further nine people were issued with drug criminal infringement notices, four people were issued cannabis cautions, six juvenile cautions were issued, and one warning was given to a juvenile.
A 17-year-old girl, from North Nowra, was charged with supplying a prohibited drug (MDMA), three counts of possessing a prohibited drug, dealing with the proceeds of crime, and having goods in personal custody suspected of being stolen.
Police will allege the teen had 27 MDMA tablets in her possession.
She was granted conditional bail to appear at a children’s court on March 7.
A total of 12 people were issued with field court attendance notices for possessing a prohibited drug; 46 people were ejected, and an additional 23 people were ejected for intoxication.
A range of illicit drugs were seized including MDMA and cannabis.
Ten people were taken to Westmead Hospital; seven of them suspected of drug and alcohol use and the remaining three with injuries sustained at the event.
Meanwhile, NSW health officials believe $500,000 worth of increased medical support saved lives at three Sydney events at the weekend.
A 20-year-old man was taken off life support in Sydney on Monday after 25 people – aged between 16 and 67 – left the Hardcore Till I Die, Rolling Loud and Electric Gardens events on Saturday and Sunday in an ambulance.
- with AAP
Andrew Pearson
Andrew grew up in the western Riverina town of Hay and has strong ties to the region. He is a former DA journo who has a passion for breaking news and has covered everything from council and politics to crime and court.
Andrew grew up in the western Riverina town of Hay and has strong ties to the region. He is a former DA journo who has a passion for breaking news and has covered everything from council and politics to crime and court.
