$400k drugs seized, 53 arrested as cops raid secret underground music festival

Police have seized nearly $400k worth of drugs and arrested 53 people on 110 charges during a four-day raid on a secret music festival in rural Queensland. Watch the video.

Police have arrest 53 people and seized almost $400,000 worth of drugs at an underground music event in the South Burnett.

The music event was shrouded in secrecy at a rural location at Googa Creek, 12km south of Blackbutt in the South Burnett, and was held June 22-25, a statement from the police said.

Drug seizures across the four days included up to $160,000 worth of ketamine, $127,000 worth of MDMA, as well as quantities of cannabis, LSD, cocaine and more than $12,000 in cash, the statement said.

Police charged 53 people with 110 charges, among them was a 35-year-old Victorian man and a 39-year-old Toowoomba man.

The Victorian man was charged with 13 offences, including supplying dangerous drugs, possessing dangerous drugs, possessing utensil, and obstructing police and will face Kingaroy Magistrate’s Court on December 14.

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Police have charged 53 people and seized more than $400k in drugs from a South Burnett region music festival.

The Toowoomba man was charged with nine offences, including supplying dangerous drug, possessing dangerous drug and possessing property obtained from supplying or trafficking and appeared at Toowoomba Magistrates Court on June 26.

He next court date is yet to be determined.

The four day operation included 331 roadside breath tests with three coming back positive, and 72 roadside drug tests, with 12 coming back positive. Police issued 39 traffic infringements in total.

A 27-year-old Wurtulla man was arrested and charged with driving under the influence and is due to appear before the Nanango Magistrates Court on July 15, police said.

Police have charged 53 people and seized more than $400k in drugs after from a South burnett region music festival.

Operation Googa Creek was a response to the information police received around the “large gathering on a rural block of land” and were concerned the event would result in an emergency, given the “secrecy” and “rural location”.

The operation included officers from the South Burnett Patrol Group, detectives from the Stock and Rural Crime Squad, the Brisbane Dog Squad, the Tactical Crime Squad and the Highway Patrol.

Police are continuing to investigate the alleged sale of liquor, supply and distribution of dangerous drugs during the event.

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