A driver who was allegedly high on drugs and found with $280,000 cash after police searched his car will face court on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Police pulled over a ‘suspicious’ car on the Hume Highway about 40km east of Wagga Wagga in rural New South Wales on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
They allegedly found nearly $280, 000 in cash inside the Toyota Hiace, which driven by a 26-year-old man.<\/p>\n
A 26-year-old man Cootamundra Highway police pulled over a ‘suspicious’ car on the Hume Highway about 40km east of Wagga Wagga on Wednesday. Police allegedly found nearly $280,000 in cash inside the Toyota Hiace<\/p>\n
He was arrested and taken to Wagga Wagga Police Station where he was subjected to a drug test, which allegedly returned a positive indication for methyl amphetamine, or ‘ice’.<\/p>\n
The man, from Queensland, was charged with recklessly dealing with proceeds of crime.<\/p>\n
The incident has prompted Commander of Traffic and Highway Patrol, Assistant Commissioner John Hartley to warn motorists of the consequences of using the road to undertake unlawful activities.<\/p>\n
‘Police are out in force, and if you are doing the wrong thing, we will catch up with you,’ Commander of Traffic and Highway Patrol, Assistant Commissioner John Hartley said<\/p>\n
‘If you think you are going to get away with illegal activity on our roads, you can think again,’ he said.<\/p>\n
‘The CATCH program targets vehicles suspected of transporting drugs and other illegal contraband.<\/p>\n
‘Police are out in force, and if you are doing the wrong thing, we will catch up with you.’<\/p>\n
The 26-year-old was refused bail and will appear in Wagga Wagga Local Court on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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