Investigators from the Southern Drugs and Firearms Unit have charged a 45-year-old man with drug and firearms offences, following a targeted search of his Goodwood residence yesterday.

Police will allege the man was in possession of a quantity of various illicit substances, a loaded shortened single barrel firearm and a small pistol.

Detective Acting Inspector Felicity Boyd said police know the impact drugs and firearms have on the community.

“This search is evidence of our continued commitment to community safety and holding offenders to account,” she said.

The man was detained in custody to appear in the Hobart Magistrates Court at 10am today.