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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National

Lake Macquarie teenager charged over drugs, knife at music festival

A LAKE Macquarie teenager was due to face a children's court on Sunday after a police operation at a Sydney music festival at the weekend.

Officers conducted a high-visibility sweep at Sydney's Olympic Park on Saturday night during the Good Life/Lost City under 18s music festival.

Among more than 12,000 attendees police detected 14 teenagers with prohibited drugs.

Police said the youths would be dealt with under the Young Offenders Act.

They include a Wangi Wangi 17-year-old who was charged with supply indictable quantity of prohibited drug after he was allegedly located with 75 MDMA capsules.

The youth was also charged with possess prohibited drugs, resist police and possess knife in a public place.

Police said another 27 people were ejected for intoxication, drug-related matters and anti-social behaviour.

Separately, a seven-year-old boy was flown to hospital on Sunday after he fell from a horse at Merriwa showground.

The Westpac chopper flew to meet an ambulance carrying the child, who suffered abdominal injuries.

A spokesman said on Sunday the boy was flown to the John Hunter Children's Hospital in a stable condition.

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