OFF THE WIRE
DEVONPORT police have this morning found amphetamine drugs in a car that was leaving the Spirit of Tasmania's Devonport terminal, as part of a raid linked to a motorcycle gxxg investigation.
Inspector Rob Gunton said the 7am raid was part of an ongoing investigation involving the Finks Outlaw Motorcycle Gxxg.
The discovery of the amphetamine -- worth an estimated $15,000 -- was followed by a search of a property at Mission Hill Rd in Penguin, which turned up three firearms and a large quantity of ammunition
The guns were a shortened .22 automatic firearm and two silencers, a hand gun and a SKS fully automatic assault rifle.
A 24-year-old female from Heybridge has been charged with firearms offences and a 32-year-old Penguin male, who is affiliated with the Finks Outlaw Motorcycle Gxxg, has been charged with firearms offences and drug trafficking.
The pair will appear in the Devonport Magistrates Court at a later date.
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