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Last Updated: Monday, 20 August 2007, 08:38 GMT 09:38 UK
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Dozens of arrests at music event
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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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