<\/b>Police have laid charges relating to alleged drug supply, possession and dealing offences, during a local music festival in the Port Stephens Local Area Command on the weekend.<\/p>\n
The festival, \u2018Subsonic\u2019, was held at a resort in the Monkerai Valley from Friday 4 December to Monday 7 December 2015, and hosted about 3200 people each day.<\/p>\n
A police operation involving local police, the Dog Unit, and Traffic and Highway Patrol Commands, was implemented to help ensure the event was safe and secure.<\/p>\n
On Saturday between 4.45pm and 7.15pm, a drug dog operation resulted in seven charges relating to possess prohibited drug, five supply prohibited drug charges, one deal in proceeds of crime charge, and four cannabis cautions.<\/p>\n
Of note, about 5pm on Saturday, a 22-year-old man was stopped by a police dog and handler, on the grounds of the festival.<\/p>\n
A search resulted in 15 MDMA capsules, LSD, liquid ecstasy, and cash allegedly found on the man.<\/p>\n
He was arrested, and charged with three counts of supply prohibited drug, three counts of possess prohibited drug and one count of deal in proceeds of crime.<\/p>\n
He was granted conditional bail, and will appear at Raymond Terrace Local Court on 14 January 2016.<\/p>\n
About 4.50pm on the same day, a 24-year-old Victorian man was stopped by a police dog and handler.<\/p>\n
A search of the man resulted in over seven grams of MDMA, Cocaine, 45 LSD tablets, and cannabis allegedly located.<\/p>\n
He was arrested, and charged with six counts of supply prohibited drug, and two counts of possess prohibited drug.<\/p>\n
He was granted conditional bail, to appear at Raymond Terrace Local Court on 14 January 2016.<\/p>\n
Inspector Alan Janson, Port Stephens Local Area Command Duty Officer, said police would continue to undertake operations at festivals in the area.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe police operation at Subsonic music festival was about minimising harm and providing a safe and secure environment for music lovers to have a good time,\u201d Inspector Janson said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was disappointing that some revellers continue to break the law, and take, supply and possess illicit drugs.<\/p>\n
\u201cEqually disturbing was the amount of drivers allegedly detected with illicit substances in their system leaving the festival.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn Sunday, of the first six vehicles stopped and tested by Traffic and Highway Patrol officers, five drivers were detected allegedly having illicit drugs in their system.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile the results have been sent for further testing, those caught drug or drink driving will have to face the consequences,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Police have laid charges relating to alleged drug supply, possession and dealing offences, during a local music festival in the Port Stephens Local Area Command on the weekend. The festival, \u2018Subsonic\u2019, was held at a resort in the Monkerai Valley from Friday 4 December to Monday 7 December 2015, and hosted about 3200 people each … Continue reading “Police operation results in drug charges following 'Subsonic' music festival – Port Stephens Local Area Command”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-radio16","category-tcrn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3161\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}