A high-visibility police operation took place at the four-day Byron Bay festival – Splendour In The Grass – with 350 drug detections and a “record ammount” of more than 3kg of illicit drugs seized, predominantly MDMA tablets and to a lesser extent cannabis and cocaine. Approximately 200 people charged with drug offences.  Drug possession and drug supply comprise most of the offending. “This year, a record amount of prohibited drugs was seized at Splendour in the Grass,” Tweed/Byron Police District Commander Superintendent Dave Roptell said.

Byron Bay Local Court has now added extra sitting days to handle the extra workload posed by visitors caught drink driving or those caught in possession of drugs in Byron Bay and the festival.

Tweed Heads Local Court also sees Splendour In The Grass related charges

A 21-year-old man was arrested after he was allegedly caught with more 220 MDMA tablets, cocaine and cannabis inside a car at the site’s campgrounds. He was charged with supplying a prohibited drug greater than an indictable quantity and possessing a prohibited drug. He was granted conditional bail to appear at Tweed Heads Local Court on Monday August 5.

Record crowds at Splendour 2019

Festival crowds were also at a record high this year, with 42,000 people attending the event up from 37,000 in 2018. NSW Health said there were no critical patients transported at the festival.

If you find yourself in the unenviable position of being ordered to appear in the Byron Bay Local Court or Tweed Heads Local Court for drink-driving, any drug related matter, or any other local court matter…. You can call The Local Court Lawyers (click here).

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Byron Bay BLUESFEST – It was fun until that happened…….

If your holiday on the NSW north coast resulted in you spending a few quality minutes with the Police, and instead of a chocolate bunny for Easter, you got a court attendance notice, for Byron Local Court, Ballina Local court or Tweed Local Court, call the Local Court Lawyers.  We’ll advise you on how to handle the charges you’re facing.  The random breath testing (RBT) and mobile drug testing (RDT) units were in force, the police sniffer dogs were outside every good time, and there were highway patrol cars everywhere.

So if you found yourself with a charge instead of (or as well as!) an easter egg, you’re in good company….. there are a lot of people just like you.

You’re in good hands with the Local Court Lawyers.

We know the local Byron Bay and northern NSW courts and legal system well. Sally McPherson is the principal lawyer at THE LOCAL COURT LAWYERS and has been a lawyer for 17 years, with many of these spent handling local court matters. If you need to go to court for ANY reason we can help.

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