Serious crime committed by foreigners at Budapest festival

Two British nationals arrested for drug dealing at Budapest festival.

Police have arrested two British nationals at a music festival in Budapest on suspicion of drug dealing, the Budapest prosecutor’s office said on Thursday.

Police observed the two men, aged 31 and 24, selling drugs to another man on the evening of Aug 8, the prosecutor’s office told MTI. They witnessed the older of the two suspects returning from a stage to a tent that was being guarded by the other suspect and handing a packet containing a suspicious substance to the third man in exchange for cash. Meanwhile, the suspect guarding the tent took out another packet from which he poured a powdery substance into his hand before inhaling it through his nose.

Photo: Facebook/BPBW – Budapest Beer Week

The two men were then placed under arrest by police. A search of their clothing and tent yielded more powdery substances, pills which were later found to be amphetamine, cocaine and ecstasy, and cash.

Police did not share which festival it was, but hvg.hu asked the organisers and the public prosecutor’s office whether it was Sziget Festival or not. They have not received an official answer yet.

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Featured image: illustration, Dutch police officers helped their Hungarian colleagues at Sziget Festival. Source: MTI