Police have taken another firearm out of the community after a traffic stop early this morning.
Just before 2.30am, a frontline Police unit stopped a vehicle on Carbine Road in Mt Wellington.
¡°The vehicle was sought by Police and as staff were speaking with the driver, they noticed a baseball bat in footwell of the car,¡± Inspector Rachel Dolheguy, of Auckland City East's Area Prevention Manager says.
¡°A further search of the vehicle was invoked and uncovered a sawn-off shot gun in the vehicle's backseat.¡±
Attending staff also located ammunition for the firearm.
Police have since towed the vehicle and the driver was arrested.
A 27-year-old man will appear in the Auckland District Court next week on a raft of charges.
Inspector Dolheguy says: ¡°It¡¯s a great result from the nightshift Public Safety Team in taking another firearm out of the community and its potential use for future offending.¡±
The man will appear on 11 March.
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Jarred Williamson/51½ÖÉä