The Northern Territory Joint Organised Crime Taskforce has charged a 26-year-old man after a multiagency operation seized 1kg of methamphetamine at Darwin Airport over the weekend.

Operation Quantico is an ongoing operation comprising members from the Northern Territory Police Force, Australian Broder Force and the Australian Federal Police, investigating an international drug syndicate that is allegedly supplying illicit substances into Australia. As part of these investigations, a 26-year-old man was identified as a potential drug courier.

On Saturday 15 November 2025, the 26-year-old was apprehended at Darwin Airport after flying in from Brisbane earlier that morning. His suitcase was seized and 1kg of methamphetamine was located inside a CCTV box.

The man was taken into custody and has since been charged with Supply and Possession of a commercial quantity of schedule 1 substance.

He was remanded to appear in Darwin Local Court on 4 February 2026.

Detective Acting Superintendent David Richardson said, “The supply and distribution of methamphetamine causes untold harm to our communities and our officers will continue to disrupt those that seek to profit from it at every turn.

“This arrest was the result of considerable effort from multiple agencies, working together with a single focus.”

ABF Acting Inspector Harrison Springfield said the arrest demonstrated the effectiveness of the NT JOCTF in disrupting organised criminal activity within the territory.

“The ABF is the first line of defence at the border to stop the flow of illicit drugs entering the country and we are determined to help make NT a hostile environment for those seeking to make profits off the misery that meth causes,” Acting Inspector Springfield said.