A woman has been charged after police allegedly located 73 kilograms of cannabis following a vehicle stop in the states north.
About 3.30pm yesterday (Wednesday 27 January 2021), police from Tweed/Byron Highway Patrol Command and detectives from Tweed/Byron Police District have stopped a Pantech truck travelling on the Pacific Motorway, McLeods Shoot, near Byron Bay.
Officers searched the vehicle, locating a significant amount of cannabis.
A man and woman, both aged 24, were arrested at the scene and were taken to Byron Bay Police Station.
The woman was charged with supply commercial quantity-cannabis.
The crop has an estimated potential street value of $480000.
The woman appeared before Ballina Local Court today (Thursday 28 January 2021), where she was formally refused bail and will reappear on Thursday 4 February 2021.
Inquires continue.
