5 June 2025

Police seize three rifles, eight gel blaster pistols and ecstasy capsules from Tumut home

| Oliver Jacques
gel blaster

The weapon was seized from a Tumut home. Photo: NSW Police.

A 44-year-old man fronted court on Wednesday (4 June) charged with a number of firearm and prohibited weapon offences, following the search of a property in Tumut.

At about 10 am on Tuesday, officers attached to Riverina Police District executed a search warrant at a home in Gadara Place.

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.

At about 12:10 pm on Tuesday, a 44-year-old man was arrested at Tumut Police Station.

drugs and tablets

Drugs were also allegedly seized. Photo: NSW police.

He was charged with 16 offences:

  • possessing an unauthorised firearm (three counts)
  • possessing an unregistered firearm-pistol (two counts)
  • possessing an unregistered firearm-prohibited firearm (two counts)
  • possessing more than one unregistered firearm
  • using an unregistered firearm-not pistol/prohibited firearm (three counts)
  • possessing ammunition without holding a licence or permit or authority
  • possessing or using a prohibited weapon without a permit
  • possessing a shortened firearm (not pistol) without authority
  • using, supplying, acquiring or possessing a defaced firearm; and
  • possessing a prohibited drug.

He was refused bail and appeared before Wagga Wagga Local Court on Wednesday.

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