A man has been charged after drugs and a crossbow were among items allegedly seized at a property in the state’s south.
About 11.30am yesterday (Tuesday 25 November 2025), a 52-year-old man was arrested at a property in Forbutts Lane, Young, for breach of bail after he allegedly returned a positive drug test.
Following inquiries, about 3pm officers attached to The Hume Police District executed a search warrant at the same property.
Officers searched a large shed on the property, seizing cannabis, two LSD tablets, a bottle of liquid gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) and a firearm scope.
Police seized from the home a cash counting machine, a crossbow, ammunition, a cannabis plant, cannabis and cannabis seeds, psychedelic mushroom and a detonator used in railway track signals.
Two mobile phones were also seized for forensic examination.
The 52-year-old man was taken to Young Police Station and charged with 10 offences – four counts of possess prohibited drug, possess or use a prohibited weapon without permit, use prohibited weapon contrary to prohibition order, possess ammunition without holding licence/permit/authority and acquire etc ammunition subject to prohibition order, handle explosive/precursor without authorising and cultivate prohibited plant less than or equal to small quantity
He was refused bail and appeared before Bail Division Court 5 today, where he was formally refused to appear in Young Local Court on for mention on Wednesday 3 December 2025.
