Latrobe Man Charged With Drug And Traffic Offences

A Latrobe man has been charged after an evade incident yesterday, and a subsequent search where police seized a quantity of drugs.

Around 11am officers from Task Force Scelus attempted to intercept a vehicle on Forbes Street at Devonport.

The vehicle evaded officers and police subsequently searched a residence in Devonport and took a man, alleged to have been the driver, into custody.

During a search at the property police seized a quantity of methamphetamines.

The 40-year-old man from Latrobe has been charged with several drug and road safety related offences including with trafficking in a controlled drug and aggravated evade.

He was detained to appear before the Devonport Magistrates Court today.

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