Drug dealer caught with more than 120 MDMA pills at a hard-core music festival where two people died is sentenced to nine months in jail
- David Lefu, 26, from Alfords Point, was sentenced to nine months in prison
- Drug dealer was arrested at Defqon 1 after he was caught with 126 MDMA pills
- Two festival attendees died of a drug overdose at the festival in September
A drug dealer who was caught with more than 120 pills of MDMA at the Defqon. 1 music festival in Sydney has been sentenced to nine months in prison.
David Lefu, 26, from Alfords Point, pleaded guilty to prohibited drug supply after he was arrested at the hardcore festival in Penrith last September.
Police found a total of 126 pills, including 74 capsules with a ‘yellowish crystal-like substance’, 46 grey triangle tablets, two red-coloured tablets with the Defqon 1 logo stamped on them, and four round white pills, the Daily Telegraph reported.
David Lefu, 26, (pictured) from Alfords Point, was caught with more than 120 pills of MDMA at the Defqon. 1 music festival in Sydney in September
The drug dealer (not pictured) was selling the pills at the hardcore festival for $35 each
‘The bag showed a weight of 13.4g and contained 13 smaller, clear resealable bags with purple strips across the top,’ according to the agreed police facts.
Lefu was caught in the middle of a drug deal by a security guard and later told police: ‘I’m in a lot of trouble, they are mine.’
He said he stocked up on the drugs months ago and admitted to taking three pills that day himself.
Lefu had been selling the pills for $35 each.
The recent spate in drug overdose deaths at Australian music festivals have prompted calls for pill testing to be legalised.
Police found a total of 126 pills, including 74 capsules with a ‘yellowish crystal-like substance, 46 grey triangle tablets, two red-coloured tablets with the Defqon 1 logo stamped on them, and four round white pills (stock photo)
Joseph Pham (left) 23, and Diana Nguyen (right) 21, died at Defqon 1 last year after overdosing on drugs.
Revellers Joseph Pham, 23, and Diana Nguyen, 21, died at Defqon 1 last year after overdosing on drugs.
In January, 19-year-old Alex Ross-King, died after she collapsed at the FOMO music festival.
Her death brought the number of fatal overdoses to six – five in NSW and one in Victoria – in the last four months.
The New South Wales government previously rejected pill testing but Premier Gladys Berejiklian indicated earlier this month that she would consider it if the government was shown evidence it could save lives.