Man Charged With Trafficking After Ice Seized on Bass Hwy

A man has been charged with trafficking in a controlled substance after police seized 78 grams of methylamphetamine (ice) on Tuesday afternoon.

About 3.30pm on 2 July, members of Northern Drugs and Firearms Unit intercepted a vehicle on the Bass Highway at Prospect.

During a subsequent search of the vehicle, and its occupants, police located the quantity of drugs concealed in a passenger's underwear.

Police also located cash, believed to be the proceeds of crime.

The passenger, a 20 year old Ravenswood man, was charged with trafficking in a controlled substance and was bailed to appear in the Launceston Magistrates Court in August.

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