Police have charged two men with drug offences after ice was seized during a vehicle stop in Orange this morning, as part of the CATCH (Crime and Traffic Connecting on Highways) program, NSW Police say.
The NSW Police CATCH program trains officers in the detection and inception of illicit drugs being transported on our roads.
About 2am today, officers attached to Traffic and Highway Patrol stopped a Nissan Pulsar at a random breath testing site on the Northern Distributor, Orange.
Following investigations officers searched the car and allegedly located a snap-lock back full of drugs believed to be ‘ice’ in the car.
The drugs were seized and will undergo forensic examinations.
The driver, 39, and passenger, 37, were both arrested and taken to Orange Police Station where they were each charged with supply indictable quantity of drugs.
Both men were refused bail and are due to appear at Orange Local Court today.
Acting Assistant Commissioner David Driver of the state's Traffic and Highway Patrol, said the objective of CATCH training is to rid ‘ice’ and other drugs off our roads.
"Those that use our highways to commit crime can expect to be intercepted, searched and arrested."
"Since the inception of the CATCH program, over $110 million dollars worth of drugs, guns, cash, stolen goods, and other contraband has been taken off our roads," Acting Assistant Commissioner Driver said.
