Future of weekenders could be in turmoil !!

Future of weekenders could be in turmoil !!

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnew...id=50143&headline=high-de-high-name_page.html


alerted to the news by tigger !!

fook , link dosent work

HIGH-DE-HIGH

Mar 24 2005


Families discover drugs in rooms at holiday camp

By Brendon Williams


A HOLIDAY camp faces investigation after three families found substances believed to be drugs in their chalets.

Angry parents said their children could have died had they taken any of what they claim was ecstasy, speed or cocaine.

Around 300 youngsters, aged six to 16, were staying at Pontin's in Prestatyn, North Wales, for a disco contest at the weekend.

One dad, whose 11-year-old daughter was competing, claimed: "It's supposed to be a camp site for families, but kids could have died. One of the parents found 17 ecstasy tablets in their apartment. Another found four bags of cocaine, and another said they'd found a bag of speed.

"Don't they check these apartments and clean them? It's disgusting, especially when you think what could have happened to the children."

Police took away the stash yesterday to find out exactly what the substances are.

A spokeswoman for the North Wales force said: "We have been contacted by Pontin's and are looking into the matter."

Parents claimed staff on the site said drugs may have been left over from a rave at the camp the previous weekend.

One said: "Why the hell do they hold raves in venues where they're also going t`o stage a dance competition for kids?

"Everyone knows raves and drugs go together."

A spokeswoman for Pontin's said the firm was "very concerned" about the finds.

She said: "We are very sorry for the families involved and an investigation is being carried out at Prestatyn Sands.

"We work closely with the police at all times to prevent the use of and access to drugs on our premises. There are procedures for checking."

But she said: "We cannot confirm the nature of the substances found as that is a matter for the police experts."

It was only a matter of time IMO.

I am very surprised none of these events have been raided.

man wot will we do if we had no weekender to go to??

but the parents are right why didnt the cleaners find this as they are 'suposed' to clean the challets properly!!:evil:

there is searches on the way in tho and always a police pressence and then u get searched again each time u go into the arenas !!

Bastards! I was going to go to number 8 too
As far as their search procedures go they are a total sham! The last one i went too a bloke asked me "heads or Tails" i said tails never fails, i won and he let me through! not even a pat down or quick look in my bag. (was quite pleased actually)

to be fia r though it was goign to happen

if the families or kids found it it wasnt hid very good so shows wat a shit job the cleaners do

n as for searching you can see the presence all over with bouncers police etc

but not once did i get searched our car missed getting searched n everytime i walked in and out of the arena to go to and from my chalet i wasnt searched

hope there is another weeekender was going to go to the one in october

ah my god... i suppose the parents are right, but there are supposed to be cleaners who go round and check the rooms after we all leave...

i hope they dont cancel the weekenders :evil:

Sack the cleaners that's what I say

God if my parents read that in the local paper they'll never let me go again anyway

paul did you tell your mam you where going to this one???

glad my mum dont read the papers

I do agree that it was going to happen soon.

But 7 events and its the first time this has happened after the weekenders. We will just have to wait and see.

Damnit I was looking forward to (if the decided on it) Cowboys and indian theme

it was bound to happen... something gets dropped, missed by a vaccum, someone finds it....

yeah but to be fiar its alot to get missed by the vaccum

lol you did look gud in the costume like so i dont blame ya!!

Yeah , she dosent read the mirror tho !

my nana does tho !! its k tho cos she didnt knaa id been

some ppl r so daft do they not know wot sunday nite finishin at 2am is for. everythin must go

but seriously thats is horrible for children to find things like that, im suprised it hasnt happend before now, the staff there are not stupid they should hav more sense and clean the place from top to bottom.

all through the wkend there were police and lots of ppl got serached coming in and out, mainly just lads tho, i never did.

yeah but if that was my nana she wuda phoned me mam just to tell her anyways so you wana hope your nana doesnt

Good!

i ws thinking that as if thee was some left over

pahh they must be weak wouldnt be welcome in our chalet