Man charged with firearm and prohibited weapon offences - Tumut

Wednesday, 04 June 2025 03:22:49 PM

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A man will face court today charged with a number of firearm and prohibited weapon offences, following a search warrant in the state’s south.

About 10am yesterday (Tuesday 3 June 2025), officers attached to Riverina Police District executed a search warrant at a home in Gadara Place, Tumut.

Police seized one shortened firearm, three rifles, seven gel blaster rifles, eight gel blaster pistols, ammunition, gel blaster ammunition, seven prohibited knives including three zombie knives, cannabis seeds and capsules believed to be MDMA.

About 12.10pm yesterday, a 44-year-old man was arrested at Tumut Police Station.

He was charged with 16 offences,

- possess unauthorised firearm (three counts)

- possess unregistered firearm-pistol (two counts)

- possess unregistered firearm-prohibited firearm (two counts)

- possess more than unregistered firearms, 1 is prohibited/pistol

- use unregistered firearm-not pistol/prohibited firearm (three counts)

- possess ammunition w/o holding licence/permit/authority

- possess or use a prohibited weapon without permit

- possess shortened firearm (not pistol) without authority

- use, supply, acquire or possess defaced firearm, and

- possess prohibited drug.

He was refused bail to appear before Wagga Wagga Local Court today ( Wednesday 4 June 2025).

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