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Kings Cross Police charged man over Cannabis, drugs firearms
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Kings Cross police charge man over alleged drug, firearm-related offences
Friday, 24 April 2015 04:41:54 AM
A man has been charged over alleged drug and firearm-related offences following a search of his South Wentworthville home.
Shortly before 3.30pm on Saturday (18 April 2015), officers from Kings Cross Local Area Command attended a home on David Street at Greenacre, where a 44-year-old man was served with a Firearms Prohibition Order.
Police later attended his South Wentworthville home to conduct a search of the premises, during which they located amounts of cannabis and steroids.
While searching the garage on the Jersey Road property, police also allegedly found a firearm, ammunition, more than $44,000 cash and further illicit drugs.
All items were seized from the property for further forensic examination.
About 1.30pm yesterday (Thursday 23 April 2015), the 44-year-old man was arrested at a fitness centre in West Hoxton and taken to Green Valley Police Station.
He was charged with possess prohibited drug (two counts), supply prohibited drug, possess anabolic steroid agent, deal with proceeds of crime, possess unauthorised firearm and firearm found at premises subject to prevention order.
The man was refused bail and is due to appear before Liverpool Local Court today (Friday 24 April 2015).
Police are urging anyone with information in relation to this incident to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or use the Crime Stoppers online reporting page: https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au/ Information you provide will be treated in the strictest of confidence. We remind people they should not report crime information via our Facebook and Twitter pages.
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