Members of the Drug Enforcement Section have apprehended a 36-year-old male in relation to drugs found in a vehicle in Palmerston.

Police conducted a search of a vehicle in the Palmerston Shopping Centre car park yesterday, subsequently locating 287 grams of cannabis and approximately $15 000 worth of cash.

The 36-year-old male was arrested and conveyed to the Darwin Watch House and has since been charged with:

Possess a dangerous drug
Possess cannabis - trafficable quantity
Unlawfully supply cannabis to another
Receiving tainted property.

He has been bailed to appear in the Darwin Magistrate's Court 18 June.


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