Drugs dug up at Creamfields site ahead of festival

Huge stashes of illegal drugs have been found buried underground at a festival site days before the event was due to begin.More than 80,000 music fans will head to Creamfields Festival in Daresbury, Cheshire, from Thursday.About 204 canisters of nitrous oxide - known as laughing gas - and large bags containing ecstasy, MDMA and ketamine tablets were dug up by police during a pre-event search of the grounds, Cheshire Police said.Supt Andy Blizard said: "Every year, we counter a number of brazen individuals who think they can outsmart us by concealing drugs from view or burying them at the site months in advance.""There is a zero-tolerance policy regarding drugs," he said.