Police have charged a man for alleged drug and firearm possession today in Erina, on the state’s Central Coast, NSW Police say.
About 10.50am today, police from Manning Great Lakes Highway Patrol stopped a vehicle in which a 25-year-old man was a passenger.
Police will allege they observed the man earlier this month (11 May 2016) and attempted to stop him but he drove away. A pursuit was initiated and was terminated shortly afterwards due to safety concerns for the public.
Police searched the man’s property and allegedly located a quantity of drugs, a loaded sawn off shotgun, a replica pistol and a suspected stolen motorcycle, which had a hidden cavity containing an amount of cash and drugs.
The man was arrested today while travelling as a passenger in a vehicle on the Pacific Highway, Kew.
He was taken to Port Macquarie Police Station where he was charged with drive while disqualified, Police pursuit not stop, possess prohibited drug (two counts) supply prohibited drug, goods in custody (two counts), possess shortened firearm, possess unregistered firearm and possess ammunition.
He was bail refused to appear at Port Macquarie Local Court on Monday 23 May 2016.
