Money and drugs were allegedly seized by police in the coastal town last Friday (15 May). Photos: NSW Police.
A man has been charged after police allegedly found drugs and almost $50,000 in a hotel safe on the NSW South Coast.
A NSW Police spokesperson said that at about 3:45 pm last Friday (15 May), officers attached to South Coast Police District were notified of alleged “suspicious activity” at a hotel on Orient Street in Batemans Bay.
Officers responded and searched a room, where they located a safe allegedly containing $47,000 in cash, cocaine and cannabis.
A 22-year-old man was arrested and taken to Batemans Bay Police Station.
Later that day, a search warrant was executed.
Police allegedly seized $47,125, 590 grams of cannabis leaf, 16.2 grams of cannabis oil, 398.7 grams of synthetic cannabis and 34.1 grams of cannabis ‘brownies’.
They also allegedly seized 27.5 grams of cocaine, 129.3 grams of MDMA, 2.1 grams of LSD, 30 vapes and two mobile phones.
The man was charged with one count of supplying a prohibited drug in a greater than or equal to large commercial quantity, deal with property proceeds of crime less than $100,000 and possessing a commercial quantity of vaping goods.
He was also charged with two counts each of supplying a prohibited drug in a greater than indictable and less than commercial amount, supplying cannabis in a greater than indictable and less than commercial quantity amount and possessing a prohibited drug.
He was refused bail to appear in Bail Division Court 3 on Saturday (16 May), where he was formally refused bail.
The man is next scheduled to appear in Batemans Bay Local Court on 25 May.
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