Media release

Drug Charges – Central Australia

Police

Northern Territory Police have charged a 30-year-old man for drug charges in Yulara.

Detective Superintendent Michael White said that the man, who is a French national, was allegedly posting cocaine and cannabis from France to an address in Yulara.

“The offender sent two packages to Australia from France, before travelling to Yulara to collect them,” he said.

“The first package of cocaine and cannabis arrived on Wednesday 1 February.

“A second package that was intercepted by police contained a quantity of cannabis and a traffickable quantity of cocaine.

The offender was arrested on Friday 3 February.

He was charged with:

  • Supply schedule one (cocaine)
  • Supply schedule two (cannabis)
  • Bring border control substance into Australia.

He was remanded in custody to appear in the Alice Springs Local Court today.