Police have charged two people after a routine traffic stop in Rathdowney led to police seizing more than $800,000 worth of cannabis.
Around 8am yesterday police conducting routine border checks on the Mount Lindesay Highway intercepted a Toyota Hilux utility re-entering Queensland.
A search of the vehicle took place where police uncovered approximately 4.47 kilograms of cannabis stuffed in two pillowcases on the back seat of the vehicle. The pillowcases contained nine individual heat-sealed bags.
The driver, a 21-year-old Arundel man, was arrested and charged with one count of drug possession and one count of drug trafficking. The man was also issued a $1,334 infringement notice for breaching the Chief Health Officer’s direction.
A 16-year-old boy was also charged with one count of drug possession and one count of drug trafficking.
As a result of the original drug seizure police executed two further search warrants. At a search in Lindsay Creek yesterday, New South Wales
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