Northern Territory Police have charged a 37-year-old man with drug and alcohol offences after prohibited items were located in his luggage at Groote Eylandt Airport on Monday.

Drug detection dogs Lena and Bear responded to:

• Six litres of unlawfully possessed liquor
• 45 grams of cannabis
• One used bong
• 100 empty deal bags

 Police allege the man had abandoned his luggage and left the airport, however was charged today with:

• Supply Schedule 2 drug to Indigenous community (less than commercial quantity)
• Possess cannabis in a public place
• Possess thing to administer dangerous drug
• Bringing liquor into an Alcohol Protected Area