Northern Territory Police have charged a 64-year-old man in an East Arnhem community for offences under the NT Tobacco Act.

It is alleged that the man sold individual cigarettes to a member of the community. Police searched the premises and located:

• 6 X 40-packets of cigarettes
• 38 x deal bags containing approximately 1.9 kilograms of kava
• A quantity of cash

The man was charged with:

• supply kava without a licence
• sell tobacco product without licence
• sell cigarettes - less than packet of 20

He was issued a notice to appear in Nhulunbuy Local Court on 9 February 2021.