Sydney man arrested after drug death of Sylvia Choi at Stereosonic music festival

A MAN is in custody linked to the death of Sydney pharmacist Sylvia Choi, who died after taking ecstasy at last weekend’s Stereosonic festival.

Sylvia Choi, 25, a Sydney pharmacist who died of a drug overdose after collapsing at Stereosonic Music Festival at Olympic Park in Sydney.

POLICE have arrested a man over the death of a 25-year-old woman at last weekend’s Stereosonic music festival in Sydney.

Slyvia Choi, a pharmacist from Oyster Bay in Sydney’s south, died after reportedly drinking MDMA dissolved in a bottle of water at the music festival.

More than 48,000 revellers flocked to the event at Sydney Olympic Park on Saturday, where Ms Choi collapsed and later died in hospital. It was the fifth death linked to drugs at an Australian music festival in a little over a year.

Detectives from Flemington Local Area Command arrested a man at Auburn police station this morning, police said in statement.

The 25-year-old, from Punchbowl, was charged with two counts of supplying a prohibited drug.

He was refused bail and will appear at Burwood Local Court later today.

More than 100,000 people are due to descend on Stereosonic music festivals in Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide this weekend.

Today, Totem OneLove, the organisers of Stereosonic, issued a statement which said they were “deeply saddened” following Ms Choi’s death. “While every effort has been made to ensure your safety we urge you to look out for each other throughout the festival.”

Earlier this week, Stereosonic’s operations manager, Dave Rubin, said the organisation had been working with police on how to prevent drugs entering the event.

“But the reality is that as much resources we throw at it, we just can’t stop it,” reported the Advertiser.

— with AAP