Large-scale drug lab could be linked to festival deaths

NSW Police have charged a man and dismantled a large clandestine laboratory which could have links to the deaths of two people at a Sydney music festival.

The rural property on Calf Farm Road at Mt Hunter.

The rural property on Calf Farm Road at Mt Hunter. Source: SBS News

NSW Police are investigating whether a "filthy" clandestine drug laboratory in Sydney's southwest is linked to the deaths of two people at Sydney music festival Defqon.1.

Detectives raided a rural property on Calf Farm Road at Mt Hunter, west of Camden, on October 24 and uncovered drugs with an estimated street value of $5.2 million.

Following the discovery, a 39-year-old man was charged with a raft of drugs offences and police say further arrests are likely.

Acting Assistant Commissioner Stuart Smith believes the 39-year-old man didn't act alone as the lab was "pushing out pills every second" and was "so sophisticated" in its operation.


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