Police charge man after seizing over 100 firearms

  • A man, 56, has been charged with firearms offences after police seized 118 guns
  • The impounded firearms include revolvers, rifles, shotguns and shortened rifles
  • Officers attended rural property on Sunday for firearms audit and found the guns
  • Police allege 109 of the seized firearms were unregistered and not stored safely

A man has been charged after police seized over 100 guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition on the weekend.

Detectives from Darling River Local Area Command visited a rural property in Cobar, western New South Wales, on December 31 for a firearms audit.

During a search of the property police allegedly found and seized 118 firearms, including 109 which were allegedly unregistered and not safely stored.

A man has been charged after police seized over 100 guns (pictured) and thousands of rounds of ammunition on the weekend

The haul included revolvers, rifles, shotguns and shortened rifles, and thousands of rounds of ammunition were also seized. 

A 56-year-old man was arrested on Thursday and charged with the unauthorised possession of firearms in circumstances of aggravation and not keeping firearms safely.

The man’s firearms licence was suspended, and he was granted conditional bail.

He will face Cobar Local Court on Wednesday January 24.  

 

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