“The Isle of Wight Festival organisers are retaining a clear and tough stance against illegal drugs. Their use and sale will not be condoned or tolerated at the festival, and people suspected of carrying and supplying illegal drugs will be searched.
Are there sniffer dogs at Isle of Wight Festival?
Passive drugs detection dogs will be working during the course of the weekend covering points of entry to the site.
Do you need ID for Isle of Wight Festival?
The Promoter reserves the right to cap the number of Child Tickets it issues. Proof of age may be required on entry for Child tickets. Please ensure that you have ID with proof of age with you for your child/children in case you are asked.
Can you bring alcohol into Isle of Wight Festival?
The festival’s terms and conditions state: “Alcohol, food, cans and bottles are permitted in the campsite ONLY. No water, soft drinks, alcohol or food is to be brought into the festival site. Empty, reusable, drinking bottles and/or cups (up to 600ml), however, are permitted.”
What can you bring to Isle of Wight Festival?
NO water, soft drinks, alcohol or food to be brought into the Festival Site. EMPTY, reusable, drinking bottles and/or cups (up to 600ml) are permitted. e. Cooking in the Campsite will be permitted on camping gas stoves (gas canisters up to 300g only) and disposable BBQs ONLY in designated areas.
Can sniffer dogs smell pills?
Whilst most sniffer dogs are trained to detect hard drugs, like cocaine, heroin and ecstasy, they also have the ability to detect lower-class drugs and pills. The list of substances that dogs can detect is always increasing in size.
How far can sniffer dogs smell drugs?
20 km away
Are you looking to boost security within your home or work premises? Accurate detection of threats and illicit substances is among the drug-sniffing dog facts ensuring you feel safe. Dogs have excellent senses and can detect objects or people’s smells 20 km away under perfect conditions.
Can you take paracetamol into a festival?
Make sure to add plenty of pain relief to your festival first aid kit to keep aches and pains at bay. This includes: Ibuprofen or paracetamol.
What do I need to bring to a festival?
What to take to a festival
- Festival Ticket (If you forget this, the rest doesn’t matter)
- Money (The queues for cash machines at festivals can waste hours of your day)
- ID (Many festivals need your ID for various reasons, especially drinking)
- Rucksack.
- Tent & Tent Pegs.
- Sleeping Bag.
- Sleeping Mat or Air Bed.
Can you bring your own food to a festival?
Get Inventive With The Excuses
Most festivals won’t allow you to bring in outside food, but will sometimes waive this rule if you have strict allergies or diabetes, or even if you’re vegan. It doesn’t always work, but it can’t hurt to ask, can it?
Can you bring water to a festival?
While beverages and food from outside may be banned in some events, almost every music festival allows you to bring in a hydration pack. Carry around a water bottle is not only annoying, but it’s old school. Start the day by drinking a lot of water and continue sipping as often as you can throughout the day.
How do you smuggle alcohol into a festival?
How to sneak alcohol into festivals
- In shot glasses disguised as tampons. PrezzyBox.
- In a hairbrush. PrezzyBox.
- Hidden in a loaf of bread. Cosmopolitan UK.
- In your ponytail (yes really)
- In a camera. Amazon.
- Disguised as mouthwash. Cosmopolitan UK.
- In an umbrella. Swaine Adeney Brigg.
- In an icebox. Amazon.
Can I take food into IOW festival?
If you’re bringing a baby you can bring in formula milk powder to mix up or food in pouches for them, but please no glass. For anyone else, food is only allowed in the Campsite.
How much alcohol can I take to Isle of Wight?
There are no limits on the amount of duty and/or tax paid alcohol and tobacco that you can bring into the Island as long as they are for your own use or gifts and are transported by you.
Can you shower at Isle of Wight Festival?
Luxury Loos & Showers
Now located in Strawberry Fields near the Big Top. New for 2023, the Washroom will be located in the heart of the campsite. With premium flushing loos, shower facilities and a pamper zone with hairdryers and straighteners you can spend the weekend feeling fresh, fabulous and festival ready.
Is the IOW festival cashless?
CASHLESS. All bars and food traders at the Isle of Wight Festival 2022 will be accepting cashless payments only.
Do they strip search at festivals?
Many festivals require you to give consent to being searched as a condition of entry. If you refuse to consent to a search they reserve the right to not let you into the festival. Security guards do not have the power to perform a strip search. Police officers are legally able to stop and search you.
What happens if you are caught with drugs entering a festival?
Understanding The Law
If you are found in possession of drugs you may be arrested and are liable to prosecution and/or may not be allowed to go into the festival. If you are found with drugs once on site, you may be ejected and/or arrested. If you are prosecuted for a drugs offence, you will get a criminal record.
Can police dogs smell through aluminum foil?
General domestic aluminum foil just has to meet the needs of a cook and therefore isn’t made to be flawless. It is often made with natural microscopic cracks and flaws, which allow scent molecules to escape. If the smell can get out, then a sniffer dog can detect it.
Can dogs smell through ziplock bags?
Yes they can. They can also smell through multiple layers of plastic and they are not fooled by masking scents such as coffee grounds. They know what is in unopened cans and they can’t even read the label. A ziplock would be no problem.
Can sniffer dogs smell through vacuum sealed bags?
Although man’s best friend tends to have a pretty incredible ability to sniff things out, dogs cannot smell though airtight, vacuum sealed containers. Pups can smell under things, around things, into things and even things underwater. However, airtight containers are vacuum sealed, keeping any air from escaping.