Gardaí search for owners of items lost at Electric Picnic
An Garda Siochána has released a photo gallery of more than 100 lost items recovered from the three-day festival in Stradbally, Co Laois and is looking for those who are seeking to recover property they lost over the weekend to get in touch.
While lost phones make up the vast majority of items recovered, more eye-catching items in the gallery include expensive professional cameras, music equipment and a bass guitar.
Superintendent Joseph Prendergast of Portlaoise Garda Station said that local gardaí have been inundated with calls from hundreds of festival-goers who have been hoping that their lost items have been turned in.
“You wouldn’t believe the amount of items turned in,” Supt Prendergast said, adding that the many drivers’ licences and passports that have been recovered will be returned to the relevant local authority and passport offices.
Gardaí are asking for patience from those seeking lost property, as they trawl through the recovered items and try to match them with their rightful owners.
“The first couple of days after the festival the volume of calls is huge but after the first week the calls are much fewer,” said Supt Prendergast.
Overall, gardaí are pleased with the policing of the event. There were some 290 drug detections at the festival while a number of persons were arrested for stealing.
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