Secret Garden Festival has celebrated its last hurrah, with the 2019 event being the final one for the much-loved festival. But the festival’s legacy lives on in the memesphere – in this case, thanks to a bunch of people sticking out like a sore thumb.
Usually, it’s the standard attire of Secret Garden that would stand out – copious amounts of glitter, wild sunglasses and the craziest range of outfits you’ll ever see – but this year, there were a bunch of people who stood out for a different reason.
Rip Curl and guns at Secret Garden
Do you reckon this group of cool people wearing ripcurl with guns strapped to their waist at secret garden are undercover cops? pic.twitter.com/XgYOGNziPw
— Anatole (@anatolemusic) February 23, 2019
In previous years, NSW Police have released statements about having undercover police officers on site at Secret Garden. In 2017, they issued a statement that read “both overt and covert officers as well as drug-detection dogs will be on patrol throughout the event so don’t ruin your festival experience with irresponsible behaviour.”
Music Feeds reached out to NSW Police, who confirmed that “uniformed and plain clothes police formed part of the police operation” at Secret Garden Festival 2019.
So, if nothing else, for Halloween this year all you need to be an undercover cop is a Rip Curl shirt, a pair of cargo short and a general obliviousness to youth culture.
Further Reading
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