Police Officer Bitten, Man Treated For Overdose At EarthCore Sydney

A 24-year-old woman has been arrested for biting and kicking police officers, and a 22-year-old man has been hospitalised for a suspected overdose after yesterday’s EarthCore trance festival in Sydney. 

NSW Police say that they were “alarmed” at the number of drug dections made during an on-site operation at the festival, which drew approximately 2100 punters to Western Sydney Parklands on Saturday.
Over the course of the day, police charged three people with supplying a prohibited drug (cannabis and ecstasy). Six more were charged with drug possession and a further seven were issued cannabis cautions.
A 22-year-old man was taken to hospital at around 5pm after suffering a suspected overdose, and police say that his condition was serious but stable. There have not since been any updates. 
A 24-year-old woman was charged with assaulting police resulting in actual bodily harm, after she allegely bit an officer and kicked another in the face while being ejected from the grounds. 
A Senior Constable was taken to Fairfield Hospital fortreatment and subsequently released. 
Superindentent Peter Lennon said that police were “alarmed” at the number of drug detections, telling media:

“The majority of the festival goers were well behaved and supported police efforts in making the event safer. However, a small number choose to break the law, and attempt to bring illegal drugs into the event, which is disappointing. We are frustrated with the actions of several festival attendees, who despite all the warnings, attempted to bring illegal drugs into the event. Not only are these substances illegal but they can have dangerous, even deadly consequences.”
Harm Reduction Australia announced last week that they plan to hand out thousands of free pill testing kids at festivals over the summer, in defiance of the NSW state government’s position on pill-testing trials. 
Source: NSW Police.

Photo: EarthCore / Instagram.

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