NT Police Regional Crime Command has charged a 34-year-old male after he assaulted a man and was found in possession of an illegally manufactured firearm.
On 6 May, police received reports of a male physically assaulting another male and threatening him with a knife in relation to an ongoing altercation between the pair.
The following day, police conducted a random traffic apprehension on a vehicle belonging to the alleged offender and he returned a positive roadside drug test. He was also in possession of a less than Traffickable quantity of a schedule 2 dangerous drug.
Police conducted searches on several dwellings at the alleged offender's property and subsequently seized ammunition and a disassembled firearm. The male he has since been charged with:
- Aggravated Assault
- Driver with Prohibited Drug in Body
- Possess / Use firearm whilst unlicensed
- Unlawfully manufacture firearm
- Possess or use prohibited firearm
- Possess less than traffickable schedule 2 dangerous drug
- Possess ammunition without a permit/license
- Failure to meet storage requirements x2
- Possess unregistered firearm
- Unlawfully modify or repair firearm
He was remanded to appear in Tennant Creek Local Court on Monday 12 May 2025.
