Overview
- Police arrested a 30-year-old Wagga resident and executed a search warrant at his home where officers allegedly found two improvised explosive devices that required the Police Rescue and Bomb Disposal Unit to render the scene safe.
- Investigators also allegedly seized ammunition, an unregistered privately made 'slam gun', BB pellets and other weapons-related items during the same search.
- Officers recovered small quantities of cocaine and MDMA, cannabis seeds and two vials of testosterone at the property alongside the weaponry.
- The man has been charged with 16 offences including two counts of manufacturing a military-style weapon without a permit, multiple counts of unlawful possession of ammunition and drugs, possessing an unregistered firearm and breaching an apprehended violence order.
- He was refused bail and remains in custody to appear at Wagga Local Court on 21 October where the charges will be formally dealt with.