A man has been charged after drugs and cash were allegedly seized from his car during an operation outside a correctional facility at the weekend.
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Central Hunter Local Area Command detectives were called to Lindsay Street, Cessnock, about 1.30pm Saturday.
They were responding to reports of items found during a search of a vehicle as part of a scheduled operation by Corrective Services NSW.
Police allege methylamphetamine and $16,000 cash was found when the driver, a 24-year-old man from Muswellbrook, and his car were searched.
The man has been charged with:
- Supply a prohibited drug (indictable quantity);
- Possession of a prohibited drug;
- Bring/introduce small quantity of drug into detention centre;
- Deal in the proceeds of crime; and,
- Drive while disqualified.
He was granted conditional bail to appear in Cessnock Local Court on Wednesday, August 6, 2014.