The fact that there are drugs at music festivals is hardly news. They’ve always been there and regardless of what the government or police want to tell you, they probably always will be.

People are taking them and they are certainly selling them. In fact, we’ve seen some pretty hefty drug busts take place at music festivals in the past. But this might just be the biggest.

As The Tennessean reports, local police officers busted what they called “a significant drug operation” at the recent Bonnaroo music festival, which takes place annually in Manchester, Tennessee.

29-year-old Brian Anthony Wiley and 24-year old Trevor Franklin Watson III were arrested on multiple drug-related charges after they were found with “a very large amount of drugs”.

Taking a look at the roll call of drugs Wiley and Watson were found with, “a very large amount” is a bit of an understatement. The thing reads like the opening of Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas.

Wiley was reportedly in possession of “202 jars of THC oil, weighing about 15 milliliters; two bags of mushrooms, weighing about 7 grams each; three bags with about 60 panes of blotter acid…”

He also had “241 bags of about 120.5 grams of what is believed to be Ketamine; 22 bags of a white powdery substance weighing about 144.5 grams of what is believed to be cocaine; six Xanax bars; and 220 bags weighing about 1,210 grams” of what is believed to be marijuana.

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Meanwhile, Watson was hoarding “six bottles containing 15 milliliters of THC oil; 10 bags of a green plantlike material weighing about 20 grams believed to be marijuana; two grams of a white powdery substance believed to be cocaine”.

He also had “four Molly capsules; 14 bags of a crystal substance weighing about 14 grams of a substance believed to be Molly; and 13 bags of a powdery substance weighing about 13 grams believed to be Ketamine”.

The exact street value of the haul is not currently known, but we can estimate that the wad of cash deputies found was substantial. Wiley and Watson are being held with a $255,000 and $50,000 bond respectively.

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