Overview
- ACT Policing arrested 39-year-old Edel Sumner after Wednesday raids on two Belconnen properties, alleging he made and supplied 3D-printed firearms.
- Officers seized multiple printed guns, 128 printed parts, two foldable single-shot pistols designed to be concealed, a taser, an extendable baton, gel blasters, and a 3D-printed knuckleduster.
- The cache was concentrated at one home that also held a 3D printer and weapons blueprints, with police also finding suspected illicit drugs and two bicycles believed to be stolen.
- Sumner faced the ACT Magistrates Court on Thursday on charges of unauthorised manufacture and possession of firearms and ammunition, did not apply for bail, and was remanded as police flagged further charges.
- ACT Policing worked with NSW Police and an AFP tactical team, and authorities described the haul as among the territory's largest for printed weapons, a sharp rise that could speed debate on pending blueprint bans.