Chorley man Liam Dodd jailed for smuggling drugs into Creamfields festival
A man from Chorley has been jailed after he was caught trying to smuggle drugs into Creamfields festival.
Liam Dodd was jailed for 16 months on Wednesday (February 18) after pleading guilty to possession with intent to supply class A drugs (MDMA), possession with intent to supply Class B drugs (Ketamine) and possession of cocaine and nitrous oxide.
Dodd had purchased a four-day camping ticket before travelling to the festival site in Daresbury near Warrington on Thursday, August 22, 2024.
Shortly after 2pm that day, he attempted to enter the site via the VIP entrance, where he was subjected to a mandatory search as a condition of entry. It was here that an on-site detection dog indicated that he might be in possession of drugs.
Creamfields security then contacted a Cheshire Police officer within the festival and Dodd was subsequently searched.
On his person was found:
X3 large nitrous oxide canisters, canisters nozzles and balloons
Several quantities of cocaine in various sized bags
Between 70 and 80 purple tablets, later found to be MDMA
Dodd was removed from the festival and invited to a voluntary interview with police regarding what had been found.
During his interview, Dodd admitted to police that he had intended to bring the drugs into the festival with the intention to share them among a group of friends believed to be attending the festival later.
He also told officers he was not paid to take the drugs into Creamfields and that he was not under any threat now the drugs had been seized from him.
As a result, he was subsequently charged with the offences.
Police Constable Tony Icke, of the Creamfields Post Event Investigation Team, said: “Year after year, we and the team at Creamfields make it abundantly clear that anyone attempting to bring illegal substances into the festival will face the full extent of the law.
“Whilst the majority of festivalgoers are respectful of this, we continue to see a brazen few attempting to bring drugs of all classes into Creamfields, thinking they can get inside without being detected.
“This is not something we will tolerate and, as we have seen in this case, the consequences of doing so can result in a substantial prison sentence.”