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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Ellie Ng

‘Unchecked free trade’ of drugs at Boomtown could lead to more deaths, coroner warns

A coroner has called on Boomtown and Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary to take action to prevent more deaths at Boomtown - (Scott Salt)

A coroner has highlighted concerns over an "unchecked, open and free trade" of drugs at a music festival after a a 22-year-old bought MDMA at the festival and died.

Benjamin Buckfield, 22, took MDMA at Boomtown last summer, both in powder and pill form.

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