Northern Territory Police have arrested and charged a man who was found in possession of significant quantity of drugs with a street value of almost $100,000, in Alice Springs last week.
The 63-year-old man who was travelling to Alice Springs was stopped by police who conducted a search of his vehicle on Friday February 22.
It will be alleged police located a replica firearm within the vehicle during the search.
Drug Detector Dog Nikki was deployed and returned a positive response to two tyres in a trailer at the back of the vehicle, which revealed 3.976kgs of cannabis, which has a local street value of $99,400.
The man was arrested and taken to the Alice Springs Watch house where he was later charged with;
1 x Supply Schedule 2 – Commercial quantity
1 x Possess scheduled 2 – Commercial quantity
1 x Possess/use prohibited firearm.
He has been remanded to appear before the Alice Springs Local Court on March 2, 2020.