A man has been charged after police seized drugs, cash and firearms from a property in the state’s north today, NSW Police say.
About 10am (Thursday 22 March 2018), officers from New England Police District executed a search warrant at a home in Old Armidale Road in Stannifer, about 20km south of Inverell.
Police seized several items, including cannabis plants, firearms, ammunition, approximately 100kg of dried cannabis and cash.
A 56-year-old man was arrested and taken to Inverell Police Station where he was charged with possession of large commercial quantity of prohibited drug, cultivate prohibited plant, deal in proceeds of crime, possess unauthorised firearm (x3), possession of unregistered firearm (x3), not keep firearm safe (x3), and possession of ammunition without a licence.
He was refused bail and is due to appear before Inverell Local Court tomorrow (Friday 23 March 2018).
Inquiries continue.
