Gold Coast man stopped with $900,000 cocaine stash on his back seat
A Gold Coast man has been charged after $900,000 worth of cocaine was allegedly found in his car on the NSW north coast.
A Coffs Harbour Highway Patrol car stopped the white SUV at Bonville – about 14km south of Coffs Harbour – on Wednesday.
Police say the 28-year-old man returned a positive result after undertaking a roadside drug test.
Police then allegedly found three packages of a white powder, believed to be cocaine, on the back seat and also seized two mobile phones.
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Weighing approximately 3.6kg in total, the packages have an estimated potential street value of approximately $900,000.
The man was taken to Coffs Harbour Police Station and charged with supplying a commercial quantity of a prohibited drug.
The Gold Coast man was refused bail to appear in Port Macquarie Local Court on Thursday.
