Driver charged with firearms offences

A driver has been charged after police allegedly located a firearm, ammunition and drugs in a car at Woy Woy.

Police stopped a car on Dunalban Ave at about 12:30pm on Saturday, August 27,and identified the 23-year-old Umina Beach driver as having a suspended licence.

Upon searching the car, police allegedly located a shortened .22 calibre rifle, a home-made silencer and ammunition.

They further allegedly located a white crystalline substance believed to be crystal meth.

The 27-year-old female passenger was also arrested for separate warrant offences, and the pair were taken to Gosford Police Station.

The male driver was charged with a number of offences including drive while suspended, possess an unregistered firearm, possess a prohibited weapon in a public place, and possess ammunition and a detention application.

He was refused bail and remanded in custody.

The female passenger was charged with six outstanding warrants and appeared in Wyong Local Court on August 27.

Media release, 29 Aug 2016

NSW Police media