Hampton Park man arrested

The 32-year-old faces multiple charges. Picture: SUPPLIED

A Hampton Park local has been arrested and charged following a search by VIPER Taskforce officers on Monday 20 March.

VIPER Taskforce charged a man overnight after locating drugs, a stolen car, ammunition and stolen licences, bank cards and mail in a Hampton Park house during a Firearm Prohibition Order (FPO) compliance search.

Members of the taskforce had been at the property executing the FPO search on a 32-year-old Hampton Park man on Monday morning.

During the search, police located a suspected stolen Subaru Forester wagon, almost 40 allegedly stolen bank and ID cards, quantities of what appear to be methylamphetamine and cannabis and a round of ammunition, among others.

A 32-year-old Hampton Park man faced multiple charges including possess identification information belonging to another, possess drug of dependence, theft from motor vehicle and possess ammunition when subject to FPO.

He was remanded overnight to appear at Dandenong Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday 21 March.