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NT:Cat food for cannabis deals lead to contraband kitty

Youths stealing cat food from a supermarket to exchange for cannabis have led police to charge a 45-year-old woman with multiple weapons and drug offences.

Northern Territory police received reports in April of cat food being stolen from a supermarket in the Palmerston suburb of Bakewell, southeast of Darwin.

Police said youths were arrested and reported they were stealing the cat food to exchange it for cannabis from a woman in the nearby suburb of Gray.

Police executed a search warrant at a residence in Gray on Thursday and seized 975 grams of cannabis, multiple tablets of schedule two and four drugs and counterfeit currency.

Weapons including eight extendable batons, two Tasers, knives and samurai swords were also seized.

Police said they also found a substantial quantity of pure gold and silver coins and bullion with an estimated value of $35,000, and $3850 in Australian currency.

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