VALDOSTA — What started as a welfare check by police Saturday turned into a series of drug and firearms charges against a Quitman man.

Around 8 a.m., officers headed to the 500 block of Green Street after an E911 caller asked police to check on a woman in the home, a Valdosta Police Department statement said. The caller said the woman may have been involved in a domestic dispute involving a gun.

At the home, they contacted the woman, who said she was all right and confirmed that a suspect was in the house with a handgun, police said. A police K9 unit demanded the suspect come out, and after several more verbal orders, he did so.

Officers found a firearm, ammunition, more than 108 grams of marijuana and tools indicative of narcotics sales inside the home, the statement said.

The suspect, described by police as a 31-year-old Quitman man, was charged with felony possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, felony possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, felony possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and felony possession of tools for the commission of a crime, the police statement said.

Anyone with information about this case should contact the Valdosta Police Department Bureau of Investigative Services at 229-293-3145, the crime tip line at 229-293-3091, or file a tip online at www.valdostacity.com/police-department.