Police have charged a man with alleged drug and firearm offences following a search warrant in Tamworth yesterday.

About 3.30pm (Thursday 19 May 2016), officers attached to Oxley Local Area Command executed a search warrant on a property on Ogunbil Road, Dungowan (approximately 30km south east of Tamworth).

During the search, police will allege 14 cannabis plants, cannabis leaf, and an unregistered firearm and ammunition were located. All items were seized and will be forensically examined.

A 47-year-old man was arrested and taken to Tamworth Police Statio.

He has been charged with cultivate prohibited plant, possess prohibited drug, supply cannabis, possess unauthorised firearm, possess ammunition without holding license/permit, and not keep firearm safely.

He was granted conditional bail to appear at Tamworth Local Court on Monday 20 June 2016.