Boy, 13, is charged with dealing MDMA at an underage musical festival in Sydney - as two teenagers are rushed to hospital with suspected overdoses
- Three male teens charged with supplying drugs at an under-18s dance festival
- Allegedly caught carrying MDMA at Goodlife Lost City at Sydney Showground
- Police made numerous arrests at festivals across Sydney on the weekend
Three male teens, including a 13-year-old boy have been charged with supplying drugs at an under-18s dance festival.
Police made the arrests at the Goodlife Lost City dance festival held at Sydney Olympic Park on Saturday.
Police alleged two 17-year-old males and a 13-year-old were caught carrying MDMA caps.
Thousands of teens attended the Goodlife Lost City dance festival at Sydney Showground
A 16-year-old boy was also issued a Future Court Attendance notice for drug possession.
Twelve teens were issued youth offender cautions under the Young Offenders Act and one was cautioned for carrying a knife in a public place.
Two teenagers were rushed to hospital after suspected drug overdoses at the same music festival. Both have since been released.
They were among numerous arrests made by police at festivals held across Sydney over the weekend.
Sydney Olympic Park hosted the Goodlife Lost City 2019 under-18s dance festival on Saturday
Another five revellers were rushed to hospital from Sydney's Ultra Festival on Sunday in critical conditions after suspected drug overdoses.
Police searched 395 people and made 98 detections of cannabis, cocaine and MDMA at the at Parramatta Park festival held in western Sydney.
Criminal infringement notices were issued to 29 revellers, 28 for possession of MDMA and one for cocaine. There were also 13 cannabis cautions handed out.
Officers laid over 45 charges including 10 for supply prohibited drug.
More than a dozen people will also appear before the courts over alleged drug offences and seven were ejected for drunkenness at the Secret Garden music festival in southwest Sydney.
There was a high police presence Sydney's Ultra Festival at Parramatta Park on Sunday
Dozens of festivalgoers were arrested for various offences at various events held across Sydney on the weekend. Pictured are police at the Ultra Festival in Parramatta on Sunday
Some 25 drug detections were made on Saturday, the second day of the three day festival, for MDMA, LSD and cannabis.
A 22-year-old man has been charged with drug supply after he was allegedly found in possession of 32 LSD tabs, three tablets believed to contain dexamphetamine, and a capsule believed to contain MDMA.
He was charged with supplying a prohibited drug and two counts of possessing a prohibited drug and bailed to appear at Picton Local Court on Tuesday.
A further 12 revellers were issued with future court attendance notices for drug offences who will also appear at Picton Local Court on Tuesday.
Seven people were ejected from the festival for drunkenness, four cannabis cautions were issued and nine people were given criminal infringement notices.
The emphasis on security at the Ultra Festival was palpable as the streets lining the event were littered with security guards almost five metres apart
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