A man will face court charged with alleged firearms offences following an investigation by Tweed-Byron Police.
About 5.55pm yesterday (Wednesday 21 January 2026), police executed a search warrant at a home in Banora Point.
During the search, police allegedly located and seized 28 gel blaster firearms, a rifle, two shotguns, and ammunition.
A 50-year-old man was arrested at the home and taken to Tweed Heads Police Station.
There he was charged with six offences,
- Possess more than three unregistered firearms without licence/permit
- Possess unregistered firearm – not pistol/prohibited firearm
- Possess unauthorised pistol
- Not keep firearm safely – not pistol/prohibited firearm,
- Not keep firearm safely – pistol, and
- Possess ammunition without holding licence/permit/authority.
He was granted strict conditional bail to appear before Tweed Heads Local Court on Monday 2 March 2026.
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au Information is managed on a confidential basis. The public is reminded not to report information via NSW Police social media pages.
