A man has been committed to stand trial after allegedly trafficking hundreds of grams of drugs through the Riverina.
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Queensland man James Le-McKay faced Wagga District Court for the first time on Friday, when he pleaded not guilty to one count of supplying a commercial quantity of a prohibited drug, 377.7 grams of cocaine, and not guilty to a back up charge of possessing a prohibited drug.
Shortly after 11pm on March 25, Le-McKay and a co-accused Kole Collings-Graham - both from Brisbane - were arrested after police pulled over a car on Mount Street, just off the Hume Highway, at South Gundagai.
The pair were both charged with commercial supply of cocaine and possessing a prohibited drug after officers allegedly found 377.7 grams of cocaine in their possession.
Collings-Graham, 20, was also charged with driving while disqualified.
Appearing in court earlier this year, both were ordered both to post $2000 for bail and surrender their passports.
In court this week, police laid an alternate charge alleging Le-McKay also supplied 368.8 grams of methamphetamine between 11.05pm on March 25 and 12.30am on March 26 at South Gundagai.
Last month, Le-McKay entered a not guilty plea to supplying a commercial quantity of cocaine.
In court on Friday, Judge Gordon Lerve committed the matter to trial on August 26, 2024.
Collings-Graham is yet to enter a plea and his matter is set to return to Wagga Local Court on December 13.