A man and a woman have been charged with drug, property and firearms related offences following a police operation on the state's mid north coast yesterday.
About 8.30am (Wednesday 10 August 2022), officers attached to Mid North Coast Police District, executed a search warrant at a property on High Street, Wauchope.
Officers located and seized, a shortened shotgun, ammunition, unauthorised prescription medication, a motorcycle and jewellery.
A 22-year-old woman was arrested and taken to Port Macquarie police station.
She was charged with:
- Possess shortened firearm (not pistol) w/o authority
- Possess unauthorised prohibited firearm
- Possess ammunition w/o holding licence/permit/authority
- Possess prohibited plant
- Enhanced indoor cultivate prohibited plant-expose child
- Possess prohibited drug
- Possess/attempt to, prescribed restricted substance
- Goods suspected stolen in/on premises
- Goods suspected stolen in/on premises
About 3.30pm, a second search warrant was executed at a property on Business Circuit, Wauchope.
Officers located and seized four gel-blaster firearms, a .303 rifle and ammunition.
A 31-year-old man was charged with:
- Possess shortened firearm
- Possess unauthorised prohibited firearm-
- Possess ammunition w/o holding licence/permit/authority
- Possess unauthorised pistol
- Possess unauthorised firearm
- Possess unregistered firearms
- Enhanced indoor cultivate prohibited plant-expose child
- Possess prohibited plant
- Possess prohibited drug
- Possess/attempt to, prescribed restricted substance
- Goods suspected stolen in/on premises
- Goods suspected stolen in/on premises
They were both refused bail to appear before Port Macquarie Local Court on Thursday 11 August 2022.
