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Over 200 people attended an illegal rave at a quarry in Somerset over the weekend.

The unlicensed event went ahead at Asham Quarry near Frome on Saturday, June 7, and ran on until Sunday morning. The music was reportedly switched off at around 9:30AM, hours after police arrived at the scene.

Local authorities attended the site at around 1:20AM following complaints from locals, where they discovered more than 200 people gathered at the party’s “peak”, and around 100 cars parked in the area.

 

According to Avon and Somerset Police, 13 people were arrested after the rave was shut down, and five van-loads of music equipment and staging was seized. The final attendees left the site by 2:PM on Sunday.

In a statement shared by local police on Sunday (June 8), Chief Inspector Becky Wells-Cole said: “Due to the quarry having a single public highway entry and exit point, heavy foliage and treelines, with zero visibility owing to the time of night, our response needed to consider the safety of our officers and members of the public, in shutting down the event and dispersing those seeking to attend this illegal event.“

In response to Avon and Somerset Police’s statement on Facebook, locals rallied around illegal ravers, calling on the force to “go catch some real criminals”.

 

“Is there a branch in the police that specifies in illegal raves? Do they proudly call themselves the fun police?” one local asked.

“I expect most of the people that complained forgot that they used to be at events like this themselves in the 90’s and early 00’s,” said another.

 

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