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Firearms and drugs seized in Alfredton
Detectives from the Illicit Firearms Unit have seized guns and drugs during a Firearm Prohibition Order (FPO) compliance search in Alfredton this morning.
Police attended the Cedar Avenue address shortly after 8.30am this morning.
Police located five firearms, including two handguns, a quantity of ammunition and drugs believed to be methylamphetamines.
A 31-year-old Alfredton man will be charged with the following offences:
• Possess traffickable quantity of firearms;
• FPO subject possess firearm;
• Prohibited person possess firearm;
• Other associated offences.
The man is expected to face an out of sessions remand hearing at Ballarat Magistrates’ Court tonight.
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Police Minister Poto Williams announcing the Labour Government s proposed laws to crackdown on organised crime, on Tuesday. Justice Minister Kris Faafoi sits to Williams left. Under the Government’s proposed laws, Firearm Prohibition Orders would ban people charged with serious offences from owning firearms, residing in a house with firearms, being near guns. An amendment to Criminal Proceeds Act, which allows police to seize assets thought to be acquired through crime, will allow police to seize of assets “where the person’s known legitimate income is likely to have been insufficient to acquire the asset” – without the person facing a criminal charge.
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$47,000 cash, firearm, drugs seized in FPO search; two charged – Wetherill Park
A man and woman will appear in court today charged with firearm and drug offences after an operation in Sydney’s west yesterday.
About 7.30am (Wednesday 6 January 2021), officers attached to Wetherill Park RES executed a Firearm Prohibition Order (FPO) at an address on Jeremy Way, Cecil Hills.
During the search, police allegedly located 29 grams of heroin, two grams of methylamphetamine and prescription medication on a 34-year-old woman.
The estimated potential street value of the drugs seized is over $14,000.
Police also seized a loaded, silver Phoenix pistol, drug paraphernalia and $47,425 in cash, allegedly hidden across the property.