Police have charged a man over the alleged supply of prohibited drugs uncovered following inquiries into graffiti offences on the state’s Mid North Coast.
About 8.15pm on Monday 9 August 2021, officers attached to the Mid North Coast Proactive Crime Team received reports of three men graffitiing in Port Macquarie.
Following inquiries, officers stopped a Nissan Navara on Ocean Drive, Lake Cathie, and spoke with the 18-year-old male driver.
In a subsequent search of the vehicle, police seized spray cans and a mobile phone.
The driver was released pending further inquiries.
About 8.30am today (Wednesday 29 December 2021), the man was arrested at Port Macquarie Police Station and charged with 12 offences;
- Intentionally mark premises etc without prescribed consent,
- supply prohibited drug (x9),
- supply prohibited drugs on an ongoing basis, and,
- supply prohibited drug (indictable quantity).
The Port Macquarie man was granted strict conditional bail to appear at Port Macquarie Local Court on Wednesday 9 February 2022.
