$200,000 drug bust

A MAN has been charged with possessing a commercial quantity of cannabis after a police raid in Katherine.

Richard William Anthony Hagar, 57. Appeared in the Darwin Magistrates Court yesterday charged with possession and supply after police raided a rural property on Wednesday and allegedly found 2kg of high-grade cannabis.

Police claim the cannabis had a potential street value of $200,000 if sold in remote communities.


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Pubdate: Sat, 22 April 2006
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