Monday September 16 2013
- A Victorian man has died after attending a western Sydney dance party where 14 other revellers also overdosed on drugs. A total of 84 people were arrested for drug offences after sniffer dogs were sent into the venue on Sunday afternoon. The festival was held at Sydney International Regatta Centre in Penrith. Festival artist manager Yasoda Gonzalez, who attended the event, believes she saw the 23-year-old Victorian man who later died from a suspected overdose at Nepean Hospital. “He appeared to be conscious but deathly white and perspiring profusely. So tragic to hear he has passed away,” she said. Police said there was nothing more they could have done to prevent people taking illicit substances despite the presence of more than 100 officers. Sniffer dogs and officers stopped and searched 430 people. Detective Inspector Grant Healy said the drugs reportedly included “magic mushrooms, cannabis, amphetamines, cocaine, LSD, what people were reporting to be ecstasy [and] some GHB”.
- Emma Partridge
