A man will appear in court today after being charged with nine alleged drug and firearm offences, following a vehicle stop in the state’s south west yesterday, NSW Police say.
About 12.40pm today, officers from Barrier Local Area Command stopped a Holden sedan travelling west on the Sturt Highway at Gol Gol for a random roadside breath test.
The driver returned a negative reading; however, it will be alleged when police searched the vehicle they located a shortened single-barrel shotgun, shotgun shells, and ecstasy.
The 27-year-old driver and his 20-year-old male passenger were arrested and taken to Dareton Police Station.
The driver was charged with nine offences:
- Possess unregistered firearm in public place;
- Possess shortened firearm (not pistol) without authority;
- Possess ammunition without holding licence/permit/authority;
- Possess unauthorised firearm;
- Possess unregistered firearm-not prohibited firearm/pistol; and,
- Two counts of supply prohibited drug (indictable quantity, not cannabis).
He has been refused bail to appear at Wentworth Bail Court today tomorrow.
The passenger was released pending further inquiries.
Police are urging anyone with information in relation to this incident to call Crime Stopers.
