No this is not a Michael Bay movie script but a true incident and another controversy for the Future Music Festival, the earlier one revolving around their permit to hold the festival this year. This drug bust dubbed as Operation Mike Order followed a six-month investigation with police officials charging 17 individuals with 110 offences, after recovering over 7,500 ecstasy pills.
The pills were believed to be on their way to this weekend’s Future Music Festival at Doomben Racecourse. After a run of drug-related deaths in the country, officials believe that the seizure has undoubtedly saved lives and made this weekend’s event significantly safer.
“Today we have prevented over 7,500 MDMA tablets being consumed at music festivals such as the Future Festival tomorrow, helping to make all Queenslanders safer, in particular our teenagers and young adults” acting Detective Inspector Mark Andrews said. In addition to the ecstasy found, police also seized around $50,000 in cash and 22 cell phones.
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