A 36-year-old man has been charged with drug trafficking and firearms offences after investigators executed several search warrants in Tasmania's northwest yesterday.
Members of the Western Criminal Investigation Branch, Western Drug Squad and other specialist resources executed search warrants at an address, vehicle and storage unit in Wynyard, and an address at Elliott.
During the searches, police located a significant quantity of illicit drugs, firearms, and suspected stolen property.
Items seized include a shortened, loaded high powered rifle (identified as having been stolen last year), several boxes of ammunition, almost a kilogram of methylamphetamine (ICE), quantities of MDMA and other drugs, suspected stolen property and more than $15,000 cash.
The man has been charged with firearms offences, trafficking in a controlled substance, and other associated drug offences.
He was detained in custody and will appear in court later today.
