A man has been charged after more than 50 kilograms of illegal drugs were uncovered during a car search on the Sturt Highway.
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About 5.30pm on Tuesday, officers attached to Murrumbidgee Traffic and Highway Patrol Command stopped a white Mitsubishi Triton dual cab utility on the highway at Hay, after checks revealed the vehicle was unregistered.
Officers spoke with the driver, a 65-year-old man, before searching the vehicle.
During the search, police allegedly uncovered more than 30 kilograms of methamphetamine, more than three kilograms of cocaine, and almost three kilograms of heroin.
Officers also located 11 kilograms of a brown substance, and more than two kilograms of another substance believed to be prohibited drugs, which were hidden under tiles and paint.
All items seized - including the vehicle - will undergo further analysis.
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He appeared at Griffith Local Court via AVL on Wednesday where he was formally refused bail to reappear in the same court on July 28.
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