A YOUNG man who entered a music festival with a range of illegal drugs has been locked up.

Lawson Fisher was caught entering Creamfields in Daresbury last summer with a selection of class A and B drugs.

Due to a number of drug possession and supply cases every year, police use a number of measures to clamp down on those who attempt to smuggle drugs inside.

This includes dozens of warning posters leading to the entrance, amnesty bins and sniffer dogs – all of which were ignored by the 23-year-old.

Fisher was sentenced at Chester Crown Court on Thursday after being convicted of possession with intent to supply MDMA, ketamine and amphetamine.

Suzanne Payne, prosecting, explained how the defendant attended the festival on August 26 last year – the first day of the four-day festival.

But he was caught by police in possession of the illegal substances and charged with intending to supply them to others.

Judges have previously spoken of the ‘enormous drain’ that policing drugs at Creamfields has on Cheshire taxpayers.

More than 150 officers attend the festival on each of the four days it runs to crack down on illegal activity.

One judge said: “It is quite an operation to try and tackle this issue.

“Those who involve themselves in the traffic of class A drugs at this festival must understand that when they are caught, they will face significant punishment.

“In past years, people have lost their lives at the festival and suffered serious injuries from taking class A drugs.”

Fisher, of Roedale Road in Brighton, was sentenced by judge Simon Berkson to 28 months in prison.

An order was also approved for the forfeiture and destruction of the drugs and his mobile phone confiscated by police.