A 40-year-old Batemans Bay man has been charged with firearm and driving offences following a vehicle stop near Batemans Bay.
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About 10.30pm Friday May 13, officers from South Coast Police District stopped an unregistered Holden Commodore on the Princes Highway, North Batemans Bay.
The driver was disqualified from driving.
Upon searching the vehicle, police seized a crossbow, a suitcase containing a shortened .22 rifle, a shortened 12-gauge shotgun and a shortened smaller gauge shotgun and ammunition for the three firearms.
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The man was arrested and taken to Batemans Bay Police Station where he was charged with the following offences:
- Use unregistered registrable Class A motor vehicle on road
- Use prohibited weapon contrary to prohibition order
- Possess shortened firearm (not pistol) without authority (x3)
- Possess unregistered firearm - prohibited firearm (x3)
- Firearm etc found at premises - subject to prohibition order (x3)
- Possess ammunition without holding licence/permit/authority
- Use uninsured motor vehicle
- Use vehicle on road or road related area motor vehicle tax not paid
- Drive motor vehicle during disqualification period
The man was refused bail to appear before Wollongong Local Court Saturday 14 May.
