A 19-year-old man is to appear in the Alice Springs Magistrates Court today following a seizure of drugs.

Detective Senior Constable Craig Lush of the Southern Investigations Section said on Sunday 24 November a man was receiving medical treatment in hospital when a quantity of LSD tabs were located in his shoe.

“Police executed a search warrant on a home in Larapinta yesterday and located a quantity of methamphetamine, two cannabis plants and cannabis seeds,” Detective Senior Constable Lush said.

“Illicit drugs are not only illegal they’re also extremely hazardous and have resulted in the hospitalisation of two people.”

He was charged with:

Possess schedule 1 dangerous drug (LSD) – commercial
Supply schedule 1 dangerous drug (LSD) (x2)
Possess schedule 1 dangerous drug (methamphetamine)
Possess schedule 2 dangerous drug
Cultivate cannabis
Possess cannabis seeds.

He was remanded to appear today.