A man has been charged with alleged firearm, traffic and animal cruelty offences following a vehicle search at Port Stephens yesterday.
About 3pm yesterday (Sunday 5 January 2025), police spoke with a man on Nelson Bay Road, Salt Ash.
During a subsequent search of the man's vehicle by Port Stephens-Hunter Police, officers allegedly located two firearms and two dogs.
Police gave water to the dogs who were allegedly suffering heat stress before they were released into the care of a local resident.
The man was then subject to a preliminary roadside breath test which allegedly returned a positive result.
The 49-year-old was arrested and taken to Raymond Terrace Police Station where he allegedly returned a positive breath analysis of 0.127.
He has since been charged with possess unregistered firearm in public place, commit an act of cruelty upon an animal, use unregistered registrable Class A motor vehicle on road, drive motor vehicle during disqualification period, and drive with middle range PCA.
He was granted strict conditional bail to appear before Raymond Terrace Local Court on Monday 13 January 2025.
