A man will face court today charged with drug and firearm offences following a vehicle stop near Lismore overnight.
Shortly after midnight (Thursday 5 November 2026), officers from the Tweed/Byron Police District Proactive Crime Team were patrolling the Goonellabah area when they stopped an unregistered vehicle in a carpark on Wallerawang Drive.
While speaking to the driver, officers observed a firearm in the cabin of vehicle and immediately arrested the man.
During a subsequent search of the vehicle, officers seized a double barrel shotgun, ammunition, pocketknife, slingshot, and 0.7g methamphetamine.
The 49-year-old man was taken to Lismore Police Station where he was charged with eight offences,
- Possess unauthorised firearm
- Possess ammunition without holding licence/permit/authority
- Possess or use a prohibited weapon without permit
- Custody of knife in public place
- Possess prohibited drug
- Goods in personal custody suspected stolen
- Use unregistered registrable Class A motor vehicle on road, and
- Not keep firearm safely.
He was refused bail to appear before Bail Division Court 1 today (Thursday 5 November 2026).
