Police have charged a man after he was found with stolen weapons in Mackay yesterday.
It will be alleged between June 20 and 22 a Sarina house was broken into and three guns removed from a gun safe that was secured inside the house.
It will be further alleged on July 17 a South Mackay house was broken into and a gun safe containing firearms was forcibly removed from the house.
On Thursday, July 20, police located a white Holden Cruze with false plates on Shakespeare Street at South Mackay. The vehicle stopped in a shopping centre car park and police stopped behind the vehicle. When police approached the driver and asked him to turn the vehicle off, he reversed into the police car however officers were able to arrest the man and stop him driving away.
Police will allege a search of the ute located 6 firearms from the South Mackay house and one from the Sarina residence along with a quantity of ammunition and dangerous drugs.
A 26-year-old Mackay man has been charged with two counts each of break and enter, possession of weapons and receiving tainted property (firearms). He has also been charged with three counts of possession of dangerous drug (methylamphetamine, Diazepam and cannabis), and one count each of assault occasioning bodily harm, possess explosives (ammunition) possession of tainted property (cash), receiving tainted property (registration plates) and possession of property suspected of been stolen (tools).
He will reappear in the Mackay Magistrates Court on August 16.
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