Tasmanian police have confirmed they twice strip-searched a 12-year-old girl during a drug raid on Hobart’s eastern shore.

Police arrived at a house in Rokeby on Wednesday morning with a warrant to search for methylamphetamines.

Inspector Glenn Lathey says that during the raid the girl was twice searched by female officers in a bedroom in the presence of her mother.

Police say the law allows for children to be strip-searched.

Inspector Lathey confirmed the occupants of the house were known to police.

No charges will be laid against the girl, but several adults in the house will be charged.

(Source: abc.net.au)