Nearly 1000 bags of the depressant drug Kava were seized from a vehicle where four unrestrained children were sitting in the back seat. Northern Territory police arrested and charged a 39-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman following the drug bust in Katherine, 320 kilometres southeast of Darwin on Sunday. Detective Sergeant Ian Kennon from the Northern Substance Abuse Intelligence Desk said police pulled over an unregistered Mitsubishi Pajero travelling along the Stuart Highway just before 1pm. During the extensive search, police found approximately 20 kilograms of kava divided into 862 small bags and a small quantity of cannabis. Police have seized an approximately 20 kilograms of the depressant drug Kava - divided into 862 deal bags . An unregistered car was travelling along the Stuart Highway in Katherine southeast of Darwin on Sunday . The man and woman were arrested and taken to Katherine Watch House. The pair were both charged with possessing traffickable quantity of kava, supplying a traffickable quantity of kava and possessing cannabis in a public place. The man was further charged with driving an unregistered motor vehicle, driving an unsafe motor vehicle, failing to restrain a young person (x4) and disorderly behaviour. They will appear in Katherine Magistrates Court on Monday. Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.
Police seized 20 kilograms of kava after pulling over an unregistered car.
A 39-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman have been charged.
Police found the kava divided into 862 deal bags on Sunday.
They also found a small quantity of cannabis and four unrestrained kids.
The pair will appear in Katherine Magistrates Court on Monday.
Kava is a depressant drug made from the root or stump of the kava shrub.