Boat mishap leads to drugs
A BOAT accident has led police to a major drug bust after $35,000 worth of ecstasy tables were seized at Mannering Park.
Tuggerah Lakes police responded to reports of a man falling from a boat on Lake Macquarie on Monday at 9.40am.
On arrival officers spoke to a wet man walking near the boat ramp at Mannering Park.
Roads and Maritime Services located the vessel and towed it to police waiting at the boat ramp.
The boat was searched and officers will allege that over 1600 tablets of MDMA (ecstasy) with an estimated street value of $35,000, 15g of cannabis and drug paraphernalia were seized.
The 38-year-old man was arrested and taken to Wyong Police Station. He was charged with supplying a greater than commercial quantity of prohibited drugs and two counts of possession of a prohibited drug.
Originally published as Boat mishap leads to drugs
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