A 21 year old Prospect man has been charged over a targeted vehicle fire overnight.

Police and emergency services were called to a street in Trevallyn just after 1.30am Friday, after reports a car was on fire outside a private residence.

The fire was extinguished and nobody was physically injured.

A vehicle was seen leaving the area at the time of the fire, and the driver of that vehicle was arrested by police nearby.

The driver returned a positive Oral Fluid Test, and during a search of the vehicle police located items believed to have been stolen during a burglary at Legana.

Police also found and seized quantities of ice and cannabis.

During a subsequent search of a Ravenswood property, police located further items believed to have been stolen during the Legana burglary.

The 21 year old Prospect man has since been charged with unlawfully setting fire to property, motor vehicle stealing, burglarly, stealing, and minor drug offences.
He was bailed to appear in the Launceston Magistrates Court at a later date.