Yesterday, officers from the Gold Coast Major and Organised Crime Squad executed a search warrant at a Hope Island address, locating and seizing a handgun, knuckledusters and a small quantity of a restricted drug namely Melanotan.
Police arrested a 29-year-old male for unlawfully possessing weapons, possessing a restricted drug and contravening an order about information necessary to access information stored electronically.
The offender will appear in Southport Magistrate Court today.
"This seizure highlights the ongoing investigations our officers continually undertake to make the local community a safer place," Detective Inspector Craig McGrath said.
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