TAXI CITY – Members of the Newcastle Crime Prevention Unit arrested a 53-year-old man for being in the possession of methcathinone (CAT), at the Newcastle Taxi Rank on February 8.
Allegedly, police were conducting a stop-and-search operation when they caught the suspect carrying 13 plastic wraps containing the drug.
The suspect appeared in the Newcastle Magistrate’s Court on February 9.
Police investigations continue.
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