Drug seizures at Bestival

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Don't worry. I've never seen a dog, not saying there aren't any but unless you are bringing enough stash to keep Howard Mark's sane or travelling with Pete Doherty who's so off his face he's shitting powdery lines you'll be fine.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

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Edited August 16, 2012 by Yoghurt on a Stick

[kaosmark2]

I think the everyday bags that the police use would not block scents. I'm sure I read somewhere that in isolated cases they used these non porous bags but didn't use them commonly because they are expensive. May have to have a trawl of the net for more info.

Presumably if you have a non porous bag and you put something like salmon into it and heat sealed it so that it had a hermatic seal then no scents can actually get out to be smelled.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Incredibly rarely, even for drugs.

Edited August 16, 2012 by Yoghurt on a Stick

[kaosmark2]

No, I can't find anything on it on the net. I did recall that I may have got it wrong with it being the police and that it might have been Customs. Unfortunately I can't find anything on that front either. Pretty sure it's not a made up memory on my behalf but it looks like the odds are against me. The problem I have here is that it was on a tv report (not written as I said previously) and I can still see parts of it in my minds eye. Really not sure now but that side of things isn't the important part really.

Just found out that bears have a sense of smell 7 times that of a bloodhound - presumably this is an average across all bear types. As the bags I mentioned claim not to allow bears to smell through them then, if this is a fact (no way of knowing), it would indeed be wise to purchase such bags if you were transporting 'stuff'. Can't see why, for the cost, you wouldn't want to invest in them anyway if it's your intention to take 'stuff' into places where dogs (or bears. lol) might be on duty.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Fair enough! Could well be customs.

But yeah, not important.

[gertcha]

the dogs were in their kennels with non on patrol. so i presume they do it for periods at a time and maybe after catching a few naughty people.

[rexclark]

If your really worried about getting pills or MDMA in then use the legal high - Benzo Fury - they're just as strong and are bound to be banned soon a la meow meow

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

I'm pretty sure they only work for 20 mins at a time because then they lose their sense of smell

If your really worried about getting pills or MDMA in then use the legal high - Benzo Fury - they're just as strong and are bound to be banned soon a la meow meow

[gooner1990]

Do they have sniffer dogs at the entrances? What is the search policy there like? Is it one in say 50 people gets pulled over for a complete search?

Never been before so not sure on anything!

[oebs]

Do they have sniffer dogs at the entrances? What is the search policy there like? Is it one in say 50 people gets pulled over for a complete search?

Never been before so not sure on anything!

Edited September 5, 2012 by oebs

[gooner1990]

They do have dogs on the entrances at certain times. It's the IOW, so its pretty much the only work they got going on. There's link and lots more info, earlier in this thread.

[weirdfish]

i personally won't be risking taking anything in, i'll settle for getting pissed all weekend

getting stuff in at Reading was a piss take, but if there's even a small chance of drug dogs being there, then fuck that

[lifelessfool]

Good luck everyone.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Good luck everyone.

[Ed209]

too late for bestival now... but 1st - I never take it on public transport. If you have to go PT - good luck to you.

But if traveling in a car then I never take stuff onto site on the first trip. Don't know what you're going to find at those gates. Leave it in the car and come back on a second trip later in the evening when the entrance has calmed down and the police and their dogs have gone. Save some bulkier stuff for the second trip back as well so it looks like you had to do a second run and then just put it inside your pants, bra whatever. Security might very well search the bags, but they can't feel your nob or your tits

[Vacant0]

Travelled by car on Lymington ferry - didn't see any dogs there or any at the gate and the security search consisted of 'do you have any glass' and a pat of the bag. Must say that was a nice surprise.

[Bort]

Dogs can't smell acid. Everyone bring that next year.

[Bisque]

Only saw one dog just slightly down the hill past the entrances (& the police pulled someone walking next to me, I didn't hang around) which was a little inconvenient.

[weirdfish]

Saw one dog at the yellow car park entrance, none at the other one. In retrospect I regret being too cautious. Saw lots of people getting busted in the festival itself though, lots of dealing going on and I was offered stuff numerous times. A guy who sold me some unmentionables has to come back in a couple months for a hearing. In the crowds in the arena I saw more open drug use than anywhere else I've been.

[oebs]

Had a right touch going in (yellow carpark) Had heard there was a dog behind the gate, which we could then see before entering. Given that i had my salmon so well hidden i decided to chance taking in a wee bit.. as i was eager to craic on.

As were showing our tickets, the dog started going potty at the group infront of us, one of which they took through the side fence.. im thinking this will sweet, but then the dipsy girl who was putting on our wristbands on kept fucking em up, im thinkin hurry the F up before buster gets back! so i said, don't worry, i'll sort it, and marched on through

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Didn't see any dogs and had no hassle inside. When I was running low I bought some off someone who had the decency to be selling the real thing.

[bexj]

There were dogs by the main entrance from red carparks on Thursday lunchtime and plain clothes operating inside the festival too.

[FreddieGriffin]

Bloody hell, that's a lot of money.

Wonder what happened to them all after they were seized.

Edited September 16, 2012 by FreddieGriffin

[adrianro]

There were dogs by the main entrance from red carparks on Thursday lunchtime and plain clothes operating inside the festival too.