Overview
- NSW Police executed a search warrant at a Penrith unit on Friday and seized rifles, revolvers, crossbows, air weapons, knuckle-dusters, battle axes, knives, ammunition, cash and items suspected to be stolen.
- Two men from the Penrith property, aged 27 and 43, were arrested and charged; the 27-year-old faces 59 counts including firearms, prohibited-weapon and drug-supply offences while both men were refused bail.
- The Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force separately raided a Hamlyn Terrace home after a border tip-off and charged a 49-year-old with multiple counts including possession of prohibited weapons and importing a knuckle duster bearing Nazi insignia.
- All seized items — including a firearm, three knuckle dusters, edged weapons, a high-powered laser device, suspected border-controlled drugs and cash — have been sent for forensic examination as investigations continue.
- Authorities warned close-combat weapons pose serious public-safety risks and said the raids follow earlier border seizures, with key next steps including forensic results, bail hearings and court dates on August 5 and August 11.