A man is facing court today charged with firearm, weapons and drug-related offences following a search of a home in Narromine yesterday.

At about 5.30pm on Wednesday 21 February, officers attached to Orana Mid-Western Police District attended a home on Moss Avenue in Narromine and served a Firearm Prohibition Order (FPO) and Weapon Prohibited Order (WPO) on a man.

Officers commenced a search of the home, where they allegedly located and seized firearms parts, a rifle, a revolver, a pistol, a paintball gun, ammunition, nunchaku, cannabis, cannabis seeds, methylamphetamine, GHB (Gamma-hydroxybutyrate), suboxone strips, and unauthorised prescribed medication.

The 44-year-old man was taken to Dubbo Police Station and charged with:

• possess shortened firearm (not pistol) without authority
• possess unregistered firearm not pistol/prohibited firearm (x2)
• purchase or obtain paintball marker without permit
• possess unauthorised pistol
• possess ammunition without holding licence/permit/authority (x4)
• possess prohibited drug (x3)
• possess or use a prohibited weapon without permit
• use, supply stolen firearm or firearm part, and
• breach of bail.

He was refused bail to appear at Dubbo Local Court today, Thursday 22 February 2024.