Over the years, we’ve seen some pretty inventive and equally stupid ways to try and smuggle contraband into gigs and festivals, but a recent attempt in the UK might take the cake as one of the most… interesting ways that dealers have tried to bring drugs into a festival.
As The Warrington Guardian reports, twelve drug dealers have been jailed for smuggling in illegal substances to the Creamfields music festival in Daresbury, England last August.
The convicted, who range in age from their teens to their early 20s, are serving sentences between two and four years – amounting to more than 30 years in jail collectively.
Despite the fact many of the convicted had not intended to sell the drugs and only intended to share the drugs in question amongst friends, many of them faced numerous charges which included possession and possession with the intent to supply.
However, it is the ‘inventive’ ways that the convicted decided to smuggle in the drugs which has raised eyebrows around the globe. 24-year-old Charlie Gratton was found to be blatantly carrying ecstasy pills in an open beer car, while 23-year-old Arran Craven-Wharton was found with £1,010 worth of drugs hidden within Kinder Eggs.
Likewise, Hannah Lewis was found with £3,430 of cocaine and 58 ecstasy tablets worth £580 contained within Kinder Eggs that were hidden inside her body. Similarly, other attendees were found with drugs such as cocaine and cannabis that were hidden via methods such as ingested condoms.
Prosecuting Judge Dutton showed their disbelief at the egregious actions taken by the convicted while handing down their sentences. “There were 250 officers each day supervising the festival, and many were involved in drug detection,” they said.
“The police went to enormous lengths to dissuade attendees from taking drugs into the premises,” Judge Dutton continued. “There were numerous bins for the disposal of illegal substances, no questions asked, on the approach to the festival.”
“There is wholesale class A drug dealing going on at Creamfields, and those who attend must understand that if they sell drugs at the festival there is a significant risk of being caught and sentenced to lengthy prison terms.”
