Detectives from the Echo Taskforce have arresed a man after a number of firearms were seized on Wednesday in Port Melbourne as part of a series of warrants across Melbourne.
The 30-year-old Carrum Downs man was arrested this morning and will be charged with the following:
• Possess a Traffickable Quantity of Firearms
• Possess Unregistered Handgun x 3
• Possess Unregistered Longarm
• Possess Category E Firearm (Sub machine gun)
• Possess Registered Longarm
• Possess Ammunition without a licence
He will appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court today.
Six firearms and ammunition were seized from a commercial property in Port Melbourne on 22 January during a series of warrants linked to the Mongols Outlaw Motor Cycle Gang.