Media release

Charges – Drug Offences – Alice Springs

Police

Northern Territory Police have charged a 40-year-old man after seizing a commercial quantity of cannabis in Alice Springs.

Detective Senior Sergeant Peter Malley said Southern Drug Investigations executed a search warrant on a property yesterday morning.

“During the search, Police seized more than 4.5 kilograms of cannabis, $4950 in cash and a quantity of MDMA,” he said.

“If sold on the streets of Alice Springs the cannabis had the potential to yield $55,000.”

The man was charged with: 

  • Possess cannabis - commercial quantity
  • Possess MDMA

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