A man has faced court charged with multiple firearms offences, following an ongoing investigation in the state’s north west as part of Operation Regional Mongoose.
Operation Regional Mongoose is a high-visibility police operation to tackle serious property-related crime, committed predominately by young offenders.
Officers attached to Oxley Police District seized a mobile phone on Tuesday 19 November 2024 as part of a Regional Mongoose investigation.
Following further inquiries, police will allege that on Friday 25 October 2024, a 21-year-old man was in possession of a shortened firearm.
About 12.40am yesterday (Tuesday 7 January 2025), police were patrolling Goonoo Goonoo Road, South Tamworth, when they stopped and searched a 21-year-old man, who was allegedly found with a knife.
He was arrested and taken to Tamworth Police Station where he was charged with possess shortened firearm (not pistol) without authority, possess unauthorised firearm, and custody of knife in public place – subsequent offence.
He was refused bail and appeared in Tamworth Local Court yesterday (Tuesday 7 January 2025), where he was formally refused bail to appear before the same court on Tuesday 25 February 2025.
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