Police allegedly seized fourteen duffel bags containing nearly 150 kilograms of cannabis near Goulburn. Photo: NSW Police.
Two police stops saw three people arrested in the state’s south over alleged drug offences.
A NSW Police spokesperson said that at about 9:20 am on Monday (23 February), officers attached to Traffic and Highway Patrol Command stopped a car on Hume Street in Goulburn for a roadside test.
“Officers searched the vehicle and found 14 duffle bags of cannabis, weighing 147 kg – with an estimated street value of $750,000,” they said.
Two men, aged 26 and 31, were arrested and taken to Goulburn Police Station.
Police say the drugs have an estimated street value of $750,000. Photo: NSW Police.
Both men were charged with supplying a prohibited drug in a quantity greater than or equal to a large commercial quantity.
They were refused bail to appear in Bail Division Court 3 today (24 February), where they were formally refused bail.
They are next scheduled to appear in Goulburn Local Court on 15 April.
NSW Police also charged a third man after a separate incident on the Hume Highway.
Police were patrolling the Hume Highway at Bookham when they pulled over a van with Victorian number plates at around 7:45 am on Monday (23 February).
Police searched the vehicle and seized 293,200 individual cigarettes, 265 kilograms of hard-pressed tobacco leaf and 2290 individual vape products.
Combined, it has a value of $784,950, the spokesperson said.
The driver, a 58-year-old male, was arrested and taken to Yass Police Station.
Police allege the man’s cargo included commercial quantities of tobacco, cigarettes and vapes. Photo: NSW Police.
He has been charged with two counts of possessing tobacco (50 or more) in a commercial quantity and possessing (greater than 100) a commercial quantity of vaping goods.
He was granted conditional bail and will next appear in Yass Local Court on 30 April.
Original Article published by Claire Sams on About Regional.
