Strike Force Raptor North have charged a man following a Firearms Prohibition Order (FPO) search in the state’s Hunter region today.
About 6.30am (Wednesday 14 November 2018), the Criminal Groups Squad’s Strike Force Raptor North served an FPO on a 56-year-old man, who is a member of the Rebels outlaw motorcycle gang (OMCG), at a home in Kitchener.
During a subsequent FPO search of the home, investigators seized a semi-automatic pistol, a firearm barrel, and a quantity of methylamphetamine and cannabis.
Following inquiries, a 33-year-old man was arrested at the property and taken to Cessnock Police Station.
He was charged with possess unauthorised pistol, possess a barrel for a firearm unless authorised by licence, two counts of possess prohibited drug, and outstanding warrants.
The man was refused bail to appear at Maitland Local Court tomorrow (Thursday 15 November 2018).
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