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NSW border checks: Man ‘found with meth in socks’

NSW Police say a man stopped at a checkpoint near Albury had meth hidden on him and in the car. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Simon Dallinger

A driver has been turned back to Victoria after her passenger was allegedly found with methylamphetamine in his socks at a border checkpoint.

NSW Police say they stopped the 27-year-old woman’s car at the checkpoint on the Spirit of Progress Bridge south of Albury around 5.30pm on Saturday and found a quantity of the drug hidden on her 44-year-old male passenger, a further 94g under his seat cover and cash.

He was charged with possessing a prohibited drug, supplying a prohibited drug (indictable quantity), goods in personal custody suspected of being stolen and dealing with proceeds of crime.

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The man appeared in Wagga Wagga Local Court on Sunday and was refused bail to reappear at Albury Local Court on Monday.

The woman was refused entry and directed to return to Victoria.

The pair produced valid permits to travel to NSW via aircraft through Sydney and self-isolate.

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