Taken from www.police.nsw.gov.au ... this story is a few weeks old, hadn't heard anything about it..
Nightclub Closed After Drug Raid – Darlinghurst
15, September 2003
A man has been charged after police allegedly discovered a large quantity of drugs in a city nightclub at the weekend.
About 6am on Sunday police from the Surry Hills Local Area Command were alerted to a number of people presenting themselves to hospitals in the city showing the symptoms of a drug overdose.
Further information was obtained that the people had consumed an amphetamine known as ‘GHB’ and had allegedly purchased it in a nightclub.
Fearing an extreme public health risk police sought and were granted an order under the Liquor Act to close the premises.
Shortly after 11am police from a number of metropolitan police stations entered the nightclub in Flinders Street at Darlinghurst and secured the premises.
With the assistance of a drug detection dog patrons were ushered from the club. Police discovered a large quantity of prohibited drugs which had been discarded by club goers.
Ecstasy tablets, bags of amphetamine, bags of ‘ice’, and vials of ‘GHB’ with an estimated street value of $20,000 were recovered and have been sent for further investigation, DNA and fingerprint analysis.
A 25-year-old Strathfield man, an employee of the club was arrested and charged with two counts of possess prohibited drug. He was granted bail and will appear at the Downing Centre Local Court on 7 October.
Nightclub Closed After Drug Raid – Darlinghurst
15, September 2003
A man has been charged after police allegedly discovered a large quantity of drugs in a city nightclub at the weekend.
About 6am on Sunday police from the Surry Hills Local Area Command were alerted to a number of people presenting themselves to hospitals in the city showing the symptoms of a drug overdose.
Further information was obtained that the people had consumed an amphetamine known as ‘GHB’ and had allegedly purchased it in a nightclub.
Fearing an extreme public health risk police sought and were granted an order under the Liquor Act to close the premises.
Shortly after 11am police from a number of metropolitan police stations entered the nightclub in Flinders Street at Darlinghurst and secured the premises.
With the assistance of a drug detection dog patrons were ushered from the club. Police discovered a large quantity of prohibited drugs which had been discarded by club goers.
Ecstasy tablets, bags of amphetamine, bags of ‘ice’, and vials of ‘GHB’ with an estimated street value of $20,000 were recovered and have been sent for further investigation, DNA and fingerprint analysis.
A 25-year-old Strathfield man, an employee of the club was arrested and charged with two counts of possess prohibited drug. He was granted bail and will appear at the Downing Centre Local Court on 7 October.