A man is facing numerous firearms charges after seven firearms were discovered at a property in Warkworth.
°Â²¹¾±³Ù±ð³¾²¹³Ù¨¡ North Area Prevention Manager, Senior Sergeant Roger Small, says Police responded to a report of someone believed to be in possession of a firearm at an address just after 9am on Sunday.
¡°Armed Police conducted multiple door-knocks at the property, but the occupants were not at home.¡±
Senior Sergeant Small says Police staff sighted two firearms in plain sight inside an old bus next to the house.
¡°They invoked a search of the bus and discovered two more firearms hidden under a makeshift bed.
¡°At this point, the occupier of the house has pulled into the driveway, and a 50-year-old man was immediately arrested for allegedly breaching his bail conditions.
¡°A further search of the property uncovered three further firearms and an amount of cannabis.¡±
A total of seven rifles of various calibres were seized.
The 50-year-old man was scheduled to appear in the North Shore District Court today charged with ten counts of illegally possessing firearm/restricted weapon/explosives.
He also faces a charge of possessing of a cannabis plant and possessing a pipe or utensil for cannabis.
¡°Police are very happy to have these firearms out of the hands of those who might use them recklessly in our community,¡± Senior Sergeant Small says.
¡°We are now investigating the origins of these weapons, including the possibility that some of them might have been stolen.¡±
If you have had any firearms stolen, especially rifles, please contact Police by calling us on 105, quoting file number 240825/7107.
You can also contact Police online at /use-105 clicking "Update Report" and reference the file number above.
Information can also be provided anonymously via Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.
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