A SOUTH Cumbria man has told a jury he was offered pills for sale while working at the Kendal Calling music festival.
Joseph Dowsett gave evidence at Carlisle Crown Court, where a festivalgoer from West Yorkshire who is accused of trying to "pass off" anabolic steroids as ecstasy has gone on trial.
Mr Dowsett, from the Barrow area, told the court he was a joiner by trade and a rugby player.
He had worked at the Kendal Calling festival, near Penrith, for eight years, and was employed there as a camp site supervisor on July 28 in 2017.
At 10.30pm Mr Dowsett said he was dealing with a different incident, and had taken off his high-visibility vest.
"That's when I was approached (from the right) by this guy," he told jurors.
That man, he said, asked: "Do you want to buy any pills?" "I just turned around and thought 'I will play along'," continued Mr Dowsett, who confirmed to the court that he was "anti-drugs".
He said the man quoted him a price of "four for 30 quid", adding: "I asked 'have you got them on you?'. He said 'yes'."
At that stage, Mr Dowsett said he identified himself and pulled up his security badge, which was in a lanyard on the left side of his body.
Sammi Obaid, 25, is on trial and denies the alleged possession of controlled class C drug methandienone - an anabolic steroid - with intent to supply.
Prosecutor Julian Goode said 213 methandienone tablets - unlawful to supply but not possess - were recovered from Obaid, of Heaton Royds, Shay Lane, Bradford, along with £265 cash.
"What the prosecution say is that this defendant (Obaid) had these tablets and was intending to pass them off as ecstasy to maximise revenue streams and the profit that he could obtain," alleged Mr Goode.
The trial continues.
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