A man has been charged with drug trafficking after police allegedly located 9kgs of methamphetamine in a vehicle earlier this week.
On Tuesday evening 13 April, Detectives from the Serious and Organised Crime Branch stopped a Toyota Land Cruiser on the Sturt Highway at Daveyston in the Barossa Valley.
A search by police uncovered located approximately 9 kilograms of suspected methamphetamine and approximately 1kg of suspected heroin hidden in the vehicle.
On Wednesday 14 April, police searched a residential property and then arrested a 49-year-old man from Hillier and charged him with two counts of trafficking in a large commercial quantity of a controlled drug.
The arrested man male did not apply for bail and will appear in the Elizabeth Magistrates Court later today.
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