Photo: Secret Garden Party / everyonedoesit.com
Police are warning festival goers heading to Secret Garden Party this weekend against taking so-called 'legal highs' after two death close to the Cambridgeshire site.
A homeless couple died last week after taken legal highs on 16 July 2013, just days before the start of this year's Secret Garden Party tomorrow (23 July). The festival has stated it will take a zero tolerance approach to drugs at this year's event, to prevent any incidents on site.
The pair who died are though to have been part of a group of eight who took PMI, an ecstasy substitute. They were due to marry in September of this year.
Police have issued a statement regarding the substances, stressing that they are often more harmful than those which they were designed to replace.
"On occasions these substances can be as strong, if not stronger, than the substance they are trying to imitate," said a spokesman, reports the BBC.
The above image was taken at Secret Garden Party during this week's storms
The festival site was this week struck by storms that raged across the UK, with the site being struck by lightning.
"It was a brutal storm last night; a good watering for the garden but our lake art installation took a direct hit around 2am," said a spokesperson for the event. "I wonder if we are inviting trouble by having the theme ‘Superstition’ this year?"
Secret Garden Party runs 25 - 28 July 2013.
