Two men are facing multiple drug related charges following an NT Police operation that involved surveilling a man last week while he allegedly buried three kilograms of cocaine and $110,000 in cash in a small drum near the Esplanade in Darwin City, NT Police said.

Police began monitoring the movements of a 41-year-old man in late April in Darwin following information from NSW Police and on Wednesday watched as the man allegedly buried a small, empty drum in bushland near the Esplanade.

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