Members from the Dog Operations Unit and the Remote Community Drug Desk have seized six 'Christmas boxes' containing sixty Kilograms of kava. A further one and a half kilograms was found in an express pack.

The find was part of an on-going operation with the cooperation of Australia Post at mail centres in Darwin.  Deliveries to a number of remote communities are screened to control the use of the mail system to transport illicit drugs and kava.

The kava was divided into individual deal-sized bags in preparation for sale in Arnhem Land communities. The estimated value of the seizure is $61, 500.

”While there are differing laws about kava's use and possession interstate, put simply, it is illegal to supply and possess kava in the Northern Territory. We will continue to target suppliers, particularly those interstate who flaunt the laws and are profiteering off a small number of communities in the Northern Territory." Detective Superintendent Tony Fuller said.