Drugs detected at Railway Station

A man will face court on Monday charged with drug trafficking offences detected at the Adelaide Railway Station.

Police were conducting a Passive Alert Detection Dog (PADD) Operation at the Adelaide Railway Station on Thursday evening, 13 October.

A positive indication from Police Dog Pluto led police to search a man and his belongings. It will be alleged officers located approximately 4.5 grams of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.

The 42-year-old Brahma Lodge man was arrested.

The following day, Friday 14 October, police from Public Transport Safety Section and Northern District CIB searched his Brahma Lodge address and allegedly located cannabis, more drug paraphernalia and two gel blaster hand guns.

The arrested man was charged with trafficking in a controlled drug, possess a firearm (gel blaster) without a licence and breach of bail. He was refused police bail and will appear in the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Monday 17 October.

A 45-year-old woman at the address was also reported for possess a firearm (gel blaster) without a licence and will be summonsed to appear in court at a later date.

If you have a gel blaster, you have a firearm.

Gel blasters are subject to the same licensing, registration and security conditions as other firearms.

Any person not licensed to have a gel blaster or any person with a gel blaster that is not registered can surrender it to police or a participating licensed firearms dealer as part of the firearms amnesty.

For the opportunities to surrender or to obtain authorisation for the gel blaster, go to www.police.sa.gov.au/services-and-events/firearms-and-weapons

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