-from goldcoast.com.au-

A SURFERS Paradise detective was on his way to work yesterday when he says he found more than $30,000 worth of the drug ice in a four-wheel-drive parked at an Arundel service station.

Acting Detective Sergeant Todd Miller had stopped for petrol on his way to start an afternoon shift when he spotted a man acting suspiciously in a black Mitsubishi Outlander at Freedom Fuel in Arundel Drive, Arundel.

“I called for back-up and then kept an eye on the vehicle and the driver,” said Det-Sgt Miller. “Just as he was about to drive off, I went over and identified myself and I observed that he was under the influence of drugs.

“Then I asked him if he had taken any drugs and he said there were drugs in the car.

“In clear view on the central console was a large clipseal bag with what turned out to be 60g of ice, and a glass ice pipe lay beside it.”

Det Sgt Miller arrested the man and searched the 4WD.

“We found another 7.3g of ice, 1.6g of heroin and a hidden vial of chemicals that is used in the manufacture of amphetamines,” he said.

“The Inala man then admitted to me that he was involved in the manufacture of amphetamines.”

Police were searching an Inala home late last night.

A man has been charged with a number of drug offences.