Two men were arrested in Tatton on Wednesday. Photo: NSW Police.
Two men will face court charged with firearm offences in Wagga.
At about 12:50 pm on Wednesday (4 March), officers attached to the Southern Region Enforcement Squad executed a search warrant at a home in Tatton.
Police allegedly located and seized 12 gel blasters including replica semi-automatic rifles and pistols, and prohibited weapons including a butterfly knife, flick knives and a firearm silencer.
Also allegedly seized were mature cannabis plants and an amount of cannabis.
An allegedly unregistered rifle was also seized and the occupants’ firearms licences were suspended.
Two men – aged 25 and 57 – were arrested at the scene.
They were taken to Wagga Wagga Police Station where the older man was charged with:
- Possessing or using a prohibited weapon without permit (three counts)
- Cultivating a prohibited plant more than small and less than an indictable quantity
- Possessing a prohibited drug
- Possessing an unauthorised firearm
- Not keeping a firearm safely
- Possessing an unregistered firearm – pistol
- Not keeping a firearm safely – pistol.
The younger man was charged with:
- Possessing more than three unregistered firearms, one of which is prohibited
- Possessing ammunition without holding licence/permit/authority
- Not keeping a firearm safely – prohibited firearm
- Not keeping a firearm safely – pistol.
Both were refused bail.
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