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Fatal overdose at Sydney music festival, six arrested

By AAP Newswire

Feb 13, 2023

NSW paramedics. — Paramedics attended to 12 people for suspected drug use at Sydney's Transmission Music festival. -AAP Image

A 26-year-old man has died from a suspected drug overdose after attending Transmission Music festival in Sydney.

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The large-scale indoor trance festival at Sydney's showgrounds on Saturday was attended by more than 18,000 people and 12 of them were taken to hospital for treatment relating to drug use, with seven of them requiring intubation.

Police were called to Bankstown Hospital at around 3am on Sunday to investigate the circumstances of the man's death after he presented to the hospital around 1.30am.

Police say they arrested and and charged six men aged betweenÂ 19 and 33 with drug supply offences after they were caught with MDMA.

A 23-year-old Oran Park man was allegedly in possession of 253 MDMA tablets, while a 21-year-old Fairfield West man was allegedly found with 149 MDMA tablets.

As a high-risk event under the Music Festivals Act 2019, the festival was attended by police, security officers, paramedics and other medical professionals.

The 23-year-old was refused bail after appearing at Parramatta Court on Sunday, while the 21-year-old was granted strict conditional bail to appear at Burwood Local Court on Thursday.

The other four men were issued Court Attendance Notices for supplying a prohibited drug and are due to appear at court at a later date.

By AAP Newswire

Australian Associated Press