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Dozens of arrests at music event
More than 70 people were arrested at the V Festival over the weekend.

Forty-four were held for drugs offences after being arrested at the festival site at Weston Park, on the border of Staffordshire and Shropshire.

Thirty-two of those were held for possessing drugs and the others for possession with intent to supply.

A total of 17 people were arrested for theft and five for assault while 10 people were arrested for a variety of other offences.

Staffordshire Police used a remote control CCTV helicopter at the event for the first time.


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