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Date-rape drug seizure stopped many sexual assaults, police say
4th January 2007, 7:00 WST
Police believe they have potentially prevented many sexual assaults after WA’s biggest seizure of the date rape and party drug fantasy at the weekend.
Officers from the organised crime squad found 1.6 litres of fantasy, or GHB, at a Duncraig house on Saturday and have charged a 34-year-old man with possession of the drug with intent to sell or supply.
Police searched the house and charged the man, a nightclub sound and lighting engineer, soon after he flew to Perth from Broome. He is due to appear in court on January 22.
Det-Sen. Sgt Paul McMurtrie said police would allege the man intended to sell the drug for use at New Year’s Eve celebrations at Northbridge nightclubs.
“It’s a drug of choice in the nightclub and rave scene and the drug has also been linked to incidents of date rape,” he said.
“By taking this drug off the street during the festive season, we believe that we may have averted the opportunity for date rape to occur.”
The drug has been linked to the death of Brisbane mother Diane Brimble on a cruise ship in 2002.
RYAN PEDLER
From The West Online