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Suspects in large drug bust at Bonnaroo music festival have court date

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Two people arrested in connection to a large drug bust at the 15th annual Bonnaroo Arts and Music Festival near Nashville, Tennessee will be in court in mid-August.

According to The Tennessean, Brian Anthony Wiley, 29, and Trevor Franklin Watson III, 24, face multiple charges of manufacturing, possessing and selling drugs at the four-day event, which was conducted June 9-12, 2016. Both men are from Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Between the two men, police found more than 200 jars of THC oil, hundreds of bags of "plant-like material" believed to be marijuana, More than 240 bags of what is believes to be Ketamine, multiple grams of what is believed to be cocaine, several bags of Molly (ecstasy), and more

Wiley and Watson will appear in Coffee County Sessions Court on Aug. 12.

Nearly 280 people were cited at Bonnaroo, The Tennessean reported, and 37 arrested. The majority of the citations included public intoxication, disorderly conduct and illegal possession of controlled substances.

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