Man charged with alleged drug and firearm offences - Coffs Harbour
Saturday, 01 February 2025 12:22:52 AM
A man has been charged over alleged drug and firearm offences in the state’s north.
About 1:30pm yesterday (Friday, 31 January 2025), officers attached to Coffs Harbour Region Enforcement Squad, executed a search warrant at a home on Plantation Avenue, Coffs Harbour.
During the search, police seized an electronic stun device, a gel blaster machine gun, USB’s, a mobile phone, computer and drugs including MDMA, cocaine, methylamphetamine, ketamine and cannabis.
A 42-year-old man was arrested and taken to Coffs Harbour police station where he was charged with:
- Supply prohibited drug >indictable and small quantity (three counts)
- Supply prohibited drug indictable and commercial quantity (three counts)
- Possess prohibited drug (three counts)
- Deal with property proceeds of crime < $100000 and < $5000
- Possess or use a prohibited weapon without permit
- Possess unauthorised prohibited firearm
- Not keep firearm safely-prohibited firearm
- Possess ammunition w/o holding licence/permit/authority.
He was refused bail to attend Parramatta Local Court on Saturday 1 February 2025.
Three teenage girls, aged 17 and 18, and a woman aged 20, were also located and searched at the premises. The 20-year-old woman was issued with a cannabis caution.
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au. Information is treated in strict confidence. The public is reminded not to report information via NSW Police social media pages.