Investigators have charged a 48-year-old Herdsmans Cove man with firearms trafficking and other offences as part of an ongoing police operation.
Officers from Glenorchy and Bridgewater Criminal Investigation Branches executed a search warrant at a Herdsmans Cove address yesterday, locating several mobile phones, firearms and firearms parts and ammunition.
The man was arrested at the scene and police will allege he has been trafficking and storing illegal firearms.
He was charged with unlawful trafficking in firearms and other firearms, drug and family violence offences and is expected to appear in the Hobart Magistrates Court this morning.
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