Police have charged a 42-year-old man with drug offences following a traffic apprehension in Alice Springs yesterday.

Detective Acting Sergeant Shawn Hohn said Police apprehended the vehicle on Milner Road at around 11:25am and located 56 grams of methamphetamine and $5985 in cash.

“Police also executed a search warrant at the male’s residence and located a further one gram of methamphetamine and a quantity of fireworks.”

He was charged with:

Possess a commercial quantity of methamphetamine

Supply a commercial quantity of methamphetamine

Possess methamphetamine

Possess tainted property

Possess fireworks

Administer drug to self

He will appear in Alice Springs Magistrates Court at a later date.