A man and a woman have been charged with drug, property and firearms related offences following a police operation on the state’s mid north coast yesterday.
About 8.30am (Wednesday 10 August 2022), officers attached to Mid North Coast Police District, executed a search warrant at a property on High Street, Wauchope.
Officers located and seized, a shortened shotgun, ammunition, unauthorised prescription medication, a motorcycle and jewellery.
A 22-year-old woman was arrested and taken to Port Macquarie police station.
She was charged with:
– Possess shortened firearm (not pistol) w/o authority
– Possess unauthorised prohibited firearm
– Possess ammunition w/o holding licence/permit/authority
– Possess prohibited plant
– Enhanced indoor cultivate prohibited plant-expose child
– Possess prohibited drug
– Possess/attempt to, prescribed restricted substance
– Goods suspected stolen in/on premises
– Goods suspected stolen in/on premises
About 3.30pm, a second search warrant was executed at a property on Business Circuit, Wauchope.
Officers located and seized four gel-blaster firearms, a .303 rifle and ammunition.
A 31-year-old man was charged with:
– Possess shortened firearm
– Possess unauthorised prohibited firearm-
– Possess ammunition w/o holding licence/permit/authority
– Possess unauthorised pistol
– Possess unauthorised firearm
– Possess unregistered firearms
– Enhanced indoor cultivate prohibited plant-expose child
– Possess prohibited plant
– Possess prohibited drug
– Possess/attempt to, prescribed restricted substance
– Goods suspected stolen in/on premises
– Goods suspected stolen in/on premises
They were both refused bail to appear before Port Macquarie Local Court on Thursday 11 August 2022.
