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A man has avoided spending time behind bars after he offered to supply someone with a pump action shot gun.
Christopher David Howard, 42, pleaded guilty in Bundaberg Magistrates Court on Wednesday to a number of offences including unlawful supply of a category C/E weapon and driving with a drug present in his saliva.
The court heard Howard offered to supply someone with a pump action shot gun in February 2019.
Police prosecutor Sergeant Grant Klaassen told the court Howard had been dealt with in court previously for weapon offences.
Howard’s lawyer Rian Dwyer told the court his client only offered to supply the weapon and that there was no actual supply involved.
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