A man has appeared in court over drug and motor vehicle registration charges.
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Police attached to Ku-Ring-Gai and Hills Highway Patrol were conducting high visibility patrols along the Hume Highway in Phesants Nest on Monday morning.
During this time, police checked a silver Mazda 3 sedan with a NSW registration, which they later discovered had been allegedly unregistered from August 12, 2019.
Police spoke to a 20-year-old male driver and his 28-year-old female passenger.
It was revealed that on August 30 and 31, the male driver had been stopped and spoken to in relation to the use of the unregistered motor vehicle, during which time a number of infringement notices were issued.
The male was breath tested which returned a negative result.
He was subsequently subjected to a roadside Oral Fluid Test which returned a positive indication to methamphetamines.
Police then searched the vehicle, locating a blue coloured pillow on the passenger side floor.
An inspection of the pillow revealed it to have been partially hollowed out with a thermal bag located inside the pillow containing a white power substance believed to be methamphetamines.
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The driver and passenger were arrested and taken to Narellan Police Station.
The driver was subjected to an oral fluid test which returned a positive reading to methaphetamines.
Police searched the property of the 28-year-old passenger and found a small clear resealable bag stuck to the back of a card belonging to her.
Police will allege this bag contained about one gram of a white powder substance believed to methamphetamines.
The white powder substance located in the pillow was weighed at approximately 118 grams.
Police later returned to the vehicle conducting a further search, locating a further zip lock bag containing amphetamines, taking the total weight to 132.3 grams.
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The driver has been charged with the following offences: use unregistered motor vehicle on road, use uninsured motor vehicle, owner use vehicle with tax unpaid, drive motor vehicle with illicit drug present in oral fluid etc, supply prohibited drug greater than an indictable and less than a commercial quantity, and possess prohibited drug.
He was refused bail at Campbelltown Local Court on Monday.
Based on inquiries the female passenger was later released from custody.
