A 23-YEAR-OLD Stockton man will appear in Raymond Terrace Local Court on Monday after he was allegedly caught with more than $30,000 cash and illicit drugs.
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About 10.45pm on Saturday police from Port Stephens-Hunter District were conducting inquiries in the Raymond Terrace area when they attempted to speak to a man on Parkway Avenue.
It is alleged the man fled on foot and threw a bag into a residential property on Wahroonga Street.
The man was arrested a short time later and the bag was recovered.
During a search of the bag, police allegedly seized 100 grams of a substance believed to be methylamphetamine, or ice, 80 grams of an unknown white powder, prescription medication and $32,840 cash.
All items will be forensically examined.
The man was taken to Raymond Terrace police station and charged with supply prohibited drug - indictable, two counts of possess prohibited drug, and deal with property proceeds of crime.
He appeared at Newcastle Bail Court on Sunday and was refused bail.
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