After police rushed in to apprehend the accused dealer at Sydney Airport, a young eshay was charged with providing the narcotic that is believed to have killed a concertgoer, age 21, in the incident.
When he fainted at a hotel on George St in the city’s central business district on Saturday, the music enthusiast passed away shortly after attending the Knockout Outdoor event at Sydney Olympic Park.
The young man was taken urgently to St. Vincent’s Hospital, but he passed away early on Sunday morning since he was unable to be revived.
After attending the same music event at Sydney Showground with 53,000 other people, a second guy, Jason Lee, 26, also passed away from what seems to have been a heroin overdose.
Trong Ha Nguyen was stopped by investigators on Monday as he attempted to board an aircraft at the airport after police launched an inquiry right away.
When police searched the 23-year-old Victorian male following his arrest, they reportedly found $13,535 in cash on him.
He was transported to the adjacent Mascot police station and charged with dealing in items obtained through criminal activity that was worth less than $100,000 and selling a self-administered banned substance that caused death.
Later, after NSW Police acknowledged not getting permission from the Department of Prosecutions to file the indictment, the first allegation of furnishing a self-administered illegal substance that caused death was dismissed.
Nguyen was instead charged with two additional counts of providing a banned narcotic at an urgent rehearing on Tuesday afternoon.
After being discovered in possession of $13,500 in cash, he was further charged with dealing in the profits of crime.
The DPP would be notified of the initial accusation of selling a narcotic that was illegal and caused death, according to the police.
Bail was denied for Nguyen to appear again on October 17.
At the all-day “hardstyle” music event, ten additional people were rushed to the hospital, reportedly due to drug use and the oppressive heat.
Some concertgoers reported that there was too much security and that drug dogs were being used, which made some drug users panic and take all of their narcotics at once to avoid getting caught.
At the concurrent Knockout and Listen Out festivals that were held in Sydney’s east at Centennial Park, more than 70 persons were charged with narcotics crimes.
Out of the 27,500 attendees at Listen Out, about 85 were reportedly found with narcotics, according to NSW Police.
There were 53,000 attendees at the Knockout Outdoor Festival, and 27 were charged with drug possession and 4 with supplying illegal narcotics.
