Boom Festival. Four drug trafficking suspects arrested

Four people were arrested on Friday for selling drugs at the Boom Festival, in Idanha-a-Nova, the Judicial Police (PJ) announced this Saturday.

The four suspects, two men and two women, aged between 23 and 37, were arrested in flagrante delicto by the authorities, said in a statement the Criminal Investigation Department of the PJ Guard, which acted in conjunction with the National Unit to Combat Drug Trafficking and the Directorate of the Center of the same police organization.

The detainees “were found to be selling various narcotics, with 354 MDMA tablets; 53 grams of MDMA powder; 31 grams of DMT (a mixture of plant species); 18 “vapers” containing DMT (and 5 smoking devices); 325 micro stamps impregnated with LSD; 69 pyramids impregnated with LSD; 750 micrograms of liquid LSD; 135 tablets containing 2CB; 63 grams of Ketamine; 54 hallucinogenic mushrooms and mescaline being seized”.

In addition, authorities seized more than ten thousand euros in cash from sales.

The detainees will also be brought before the court for an initial judicial interrogation, and only then will they learn what coercive measures have been applied.

The investigations are managed by the Castelo Branco Department of Investigation and Criminal Prosecution.

This year's edition of the Boom Festival kicked off on Thursday and ends on the 24th at a farm in Idanha-a-Nova.

The 40,000 tickets put on sale for the Boom Festival sold out in two days and were sold to 169 countries.

The 15th edition has the theme “The ritual of dance” and the number of tickets on sale is intentionally limited, to ensure harmony between human presence and the natural environment of the 150 hectares of 'Boomland'.

The Boom Festival offers 21 programming areas and features 1,128 artists from 29 nationalities, with this year's highlight being a sculpture by Michael Benisty.