A man is due to appear in Coffs Harbour Local Court tomorrow charged after a gun and drugs were seized after a search was executed earlier this week, NSW Police say.
Police executed the search warrant on the property on the Pacific Highway at Halfway Creek, 50km north of Coffs Harbour, last Wednesday (29 November 2017), recovering 142 cannabis plants, 2.3kg of dried cannabis, seeds, as well as a rifle and ammunition.
Following inquiries, police from Coffs/Clarence Local Area Command arrested a 49-year-old man and took him to Coffs Harbour Police Station.
He has now been charged with nine offences
• Possess a prohibited drug (two counts)
• Supply a prohibited drug
• Cultivate a prohibited plant
• Possess unauthorised prohibited firearm
• Possess unregistered firearm – prohibited firearm
• Not keep firearm safely – prohibited firearm
• Possess or use a prohibited weapon without permit, and
• Possess ammunition without holding a licence.
The man was refused bail and will appear in Coffs Harbour Local Court tomorrow (Saturday 2 December 2017).
