Today, Tasman Police with the assistance of the Armed Offenders Squad executed a search warrant at a rural Hokitika address.
At the address, Police recovered a firearm along with a cut-down air rifle and a quantity of cannabis plants.
Police also located a stolen vehicle a short distance from the address.
Subsequently a 48-year-old man will face court on a number of charges relating to firearms, drug offences and breaching a protection order.
Police enquiries are still ongoing at this stage and we cannot rule out further charges being laid.
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