Arrest after drugs found in Renmark

About 11.30am on Wednesday 8 July, police stopped a car on Ogilvy Street to speak to the driver after checks found that the 44-year-old Gilberton man was driving while disqualified.

Police searched the man’s vehicle and located illegal drugs, drugs paraphernalia, multiple mobile phones, and cash.

Police then searched a nearby house in Renmark and found methamphetamine, cannabis and more items relating to illegal drug use.

A search of a Gilberton property uncovered a small amount of cannabis, cocaine, a double-edged knife and a litre of a substance suspected of being GHB (also known as fantasy).

The man was charged with numerous offences including drive disqualified and traffic a controlled drug.

He was bailed to appear in the Berri Magistrates Court on 7 September.

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