About 1.30pm Wednesday officers from Orana Mid-Western Police District executed a search warrant at a home on Barton Street, Wellington.

During the search officers allegedly located a .22 calibre bolt-action rifle, along with more than 3kg of cannabis leaf and three well established cannabis plants.

A 59-year-old man was arrested at the scene and taken to Wellington Police Station where he was charged with possess prohibited drug, possess unauthorised firearm, possess ammunition without holding a licence, cultivate prohibited plant<=small quantity and supply cannabis >indictable quantity & < commercial quantity.

He was given conditional bail and will appear in Wellington Local Court on June 19.