<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <docID>329092</docID> <postdate>2024-09-14 10:37:36</postdate> <headline>Police swoop on drugs in Reid</headline> <body><p><strong>A 58-year-old man was arrested after police seized drugs during a search of his Reid home on Friday morning.</strong></p> <p>He has been charged with drug trafficking after police and drug-detection dogs searched the Ainslie Avenue residence.</p> <p>Police say the swoop follows an investigation into the source of illicit drugs being trafficked in the city area.</p> <p>They seized:</p> <ul> <li><em>Clear bags containing a white crystalline substance, believed to be methamphetamine, </em></li> <li><em>Several bags containing a white powder, believed to be cocaine, </em></li> <li><em>Multiple mobile phones, </em></li> <li><em>Shotgun shells, </em></li> <li><em>Multiple identify cards not belonging to the 58-year-old man, </em></li> <li><em>Suspected cannabis matter, and </em></li> <li><em>Other drug paraphernalia.</em></li> </ul> <p>The man faces the ACT Magistrates Court charged with possessing a prohibited substance, possessing ammunition, and trafficking in a controlled drug.</p> </body>