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Pistol, rifle, and drugs allegedly seized in Attunga raid

A Glock pistol, a rifle, and nun chucks were among the items allegedly seized from an Attunga home, with a 54-year-old man now refused bail.

On Wednesday, 4 November, Proactive Crime Team officers attached to Oxley Police District, with the help of the Western Operation Support Group, executed a search warrant at a property on Ridge Street, Attunga.

During the search, police allegedly found and seized a rifle, a rifle scope, a Glock pistol, magazines, a sling shot, nun chucks, methylamphetamine, seven cannabis plants, and five packets of cannabis seeds.

The 54-year-old man was arrested at the Attunga home and taken to Tamworth Police Station.

He was charged with:

  • Possess unauthorised pistol
  • Possess unauthorised firearm
  • Not keep firearm safely-pistol
  • Not keep firearm safely-not pistol/prohibited firearm
  • Possess prohibited drug
  • Cultivate prohibited plant greater than small and less than indictable quantity

The man was refused bail to appear before Bail Division Court 5 on Thursday, 5 November.


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