By 77 people arrested in Defqon.1 Australia
The last weekend lived in Sydney, a new hard dance festival Defqon.1. Which it was marked by an intense anti-drug operation safety.
A tragic history
The last two years were mourning for fatal outcomes related to drug and alcohol. While 2014 died a young man 26 years after being taken to hospital Nepean, 2015 a teenage boy only 23 years was found dead inside his tent. All this combined with the dozens of hospitalized and arrested for trafficking and consumption of illicit substances.
According to authorities, the police and the same attendees, the problem is not the event or music, if not risky to people making decisions for a fun time, without assessing the importance of their lives is summarized. Thus it became very recurrent see young people at entrances, consuming drugs in doses that should last for days, for the sole purpose of being arrested during admission.
Preventive campaign
This year gathered almost 25,000 attendees for an edition of just 1 day, Which had more rigorous terms of safety. That is why an extensive prevention campaign, remained on alert police throughout the duration of the festival, focusing on drug and alcohol offenses, antisocial behavior and public safety.
Moreover, they performed 630 random breath test, Thereby stopping allowed 8 people driving while intoxicated and 44 under the influence of drugs.
Health personnel meanwhile, served more than 2OO peopleNot only for the consumption of illicit drugs, but also for heat-related problems. Of this, only 6 had to be taken to hospital to be hospitalized.
That was how the event managed to finish without any fatality, achieving a great task for the organizers who saw each version became more and more rampant.
Free legal advice
A peculiar thing was the initiative by the law firm Gorval Lynch, which it offered 20 minutes of free advice in case of detention by the police.
¡¡¡Defqon festival goers, not incriminate yourself !!! Gorval Lynch is offering 20 minutes of free LEGAL CONSULTATIONS. If you are detained, arrested or charged by police, do not say anything until you have spoken to us first. Call us now on 1300 031 998 for a confidential consultation with an experienced attorney in criminology. Stay safe and enjoy the festival.
Gorval Lynch
The director of the company Sergel Gorval, was the manager of clarified in an interview to dailymail: "We are not encouraging people to use drugs, but to know their own rights."
