A man will face court today charged with firearm and drug offences following an alleged domestic violence incident at a home on the State’s Far North Coast last week, NSW Police say.
About 10am on Monday (19 December 2016), officers from Tweed/Byron Local Area Command attended a home Lennon Circuit, Pottsville, after reports of a domestic violence incident, but a man is alleged to have already left the scene.
When officers searched the home they seized a loaded handgun, methyl amphetamine and cannabis, while they seized an SKS semi-automatic assault rifle, ammunition and military ordinance from a shed.
Acting on information received, officers attended a home on Urliup Road at Carool, about 15km south-west of Tweed Heads, shortly before 12.30pm today; about 3.50pm 42-year-old a man surrendered to police and was arrested.
The man was taken to Tweeds Heads Police Station where he was charged with 11 offences including two counts of possess unregistered firearm, two counts of not keep firearm safely, three counts of possess ammunition without holding licence/permit/authority, supply prohibited drug, possess prohibited drug, and possess prescribed restricted substance.
He was refused bail to appear at Tweed Heads Local Court tomorrow.
