2LT Local News
Man gets sprung with 20kgs of cannabis near Mudgee
Mar 11, 2019
MUDGEE, Central West, NSW, Australia – A man has been sprung with more than 20 kilograms of cannabis in his ute in the remote town of Dunedoo in the New South Wales Central West.
The man, 56, was driving his Ford utility through Dunedoo on Sunday morning. Dunedoo is a small town with a population of just 750, located at the junction of the Golden and Castereagh Highways, 67 kilometres north of Mudgee.
The man was stopped by police from Orana-Mid Western Police District who were patrolling the Dunedoo township on the Golden Highway about 10:40am.
He was given a roadside breath and drug test, which returned a negative result.
During a subsequent search of the ute, police allegedly located 20.7 kilograms of Cannabis leaf, packed under ice and beer in an esky.
The man was arrested and taken to Mudgee Police Station.
The man, from Cessnock man was granted conditional bail and will appear at Dunedoo Local Court on Friday 5 April 2019.
