Detectives from the Drug and Organised Crime Squad (DOCS) have arrested a 54-year-old man for alleged drug offences.
DOCS detectives received information that 23.6 kilograms of cannabis had been seized from a South Australian freight company on Monday 24 February 2020. The cannabis was in a box addressed to the 54-year-old man and destined for Darwin.
Following investigations, DOCS detectives arrested the man as he attempted to collect the box on Friday 28 February. Police then executed a search warrant at the man’s residence in Howard Springs where they located items including a sawn-off shotgun and a small quantity of cannabis.
The man was charged with:
- possess schedule 2 dangerous drug – commercial quantity
- supply schedule 2 dangerous drug – commercial quantity
He is due to appear in Darwin Local Court on Wednesday 15 April 2020.
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