Three people have been charged after police located a firearm during an arrest in the Riverina region.
About 1.15pm yesterday (Tuesday 31 May 2022), officers attached to Murrumbidgee Police District attended a home on Kurrajong Avenue, Leeton, to make inquiries into an alleged break and enter on Monday (30 May 2022).
Police located and arrested a 16-year-old boy, hiding underneath a mattress. Officers also located a shortened shot gun nearby.
A crime scene was established and officers arrested two further persons at the home – a 24-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman.
Following inquiries, police executed a search warrant at the home locating ammunition and other items believed to be stolen property.
All three were taken to Leeton Police Station, where the older man was charged with possess prohibited drug, not keep firearm safely, possess unregistered firearm, possess ammunition without holding licence/permit/authority, possess shortened firearm (not pistol) without authority, and two counts of goods suspected stolen in/on premises (not m/v).
The woman was charged with not keep firearm safely, possess unregistered firearm, possess ammunition without holding licence/permit/authority, possess shortened firearm (not pistol) without authority, and two counts of goods suspected stolen in/on premises (not m/v).
Both were refused bail to appear at Griffith Local Court today (Wednesday 1 June 2022).
The 16-year-old teenage boy was charged with a number of unrelated break and enter and fraud offences. He was refused bail to appear at a children’s court today.
