Yesterday, detectives from the Southern Drug Investigation Unit executed multiple search warrants at commercial premises resulting in three arrests and significant seizures of methamphetamine, ketamine and cannabis.
In the morning, police executed a search warrant at a hotel where they located and seized a less than commercial quantity of methamphetamine, a commercial quantity of ketamine and a less than traffickable amount of cannabis. A 47-year-old female was arrested and charged with:
- Supply Schedule 1 (Ketamine) - Commercial Quantity
- Supply Schedule 1 (Methamphetamine) - Less than commercial quantity
- Possess Schedule 1 (Ketamine) - Commercial Quantity
- Possess Schedule 1 (Methamphetamine) - Less than commercial quantity
- Possess Schedule 2 (Cannabis) - Less than traffickable
She was remanded to appear in the Alice Springs Local Court today.
In a separate incident that afternoon, detectives conducted searches at the airport where they located and seized several packages containing a significant amount of methamphetamine. A 44-year-old male and a 51-year-old male were arrested and charged with:
- Possess schedule 1 (Methamphetamine) - commercial quantity
- Supply schedule 1 (Methamphetamine) - commercial quantity
Both males were remanded to appear in the Alice Springs Local Court today.
Detective Acting Superintendent Deanne Ward said, "If these drugs had entered our regional township and communities, it could have had devastating impacts on people's lives and social cohesion."
Anyone with information on the supply of alcohol or drugs into remote communities can call police on 131 444 or make an anonymous report to Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
