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A teenage boy has been charged after a loaded firearm and ammunition was seized during a motor vehicle stop in the state's north west slopes region on the weekend.
Officers attached to Traffic and Highway Patrol Command were conducting a vehicle stop in Narrabri about 8.15pm Saturday 13 June 2026 when they observed a motorbike being ridden by a male which appeared to be bogged in an embankment along Cooma Road.
Police attended and spoke to the boy – aged 16 – who was allegedly not wearing a helmet.
During a search of the teenager, officers located a homemade firearm which was loaded with a single round of .22-calibre ammunition, a case containing 30 rounds of .22-calibre ammunition and 345 slug-gun pellets.
The teen was arrested and taken to Narrabri Police Station, where he was charged with,
- Possess ammunition without holding licence/permit/authority (two counts)
- Possess loaded firearm public place
- Possess unauthorised firearm
- Possess unregistered firearm in public place.
The boy was granted strict conditional bail to appear before a children's court on Tuesday 28 July 2026.
