Weapon charges, Jimboomba
Detectives have charged a man with weapon related charges in Jimboomba yesterday afternoon.
It will be alleged at about 4.30pm, police located the man sitting in a vehicle at a Bushman Drive address.
Police directed the 47-year-old Jimboomba man to exit the vehicle and arrested him in relation to another matter.
After conducting a search of the man and the vehicle, police allegedly located a firearm, ammunition and other items of property.
Additional inquiries established that the vehicle was allegedly stolen.
Police have charged the man with one count each of Unlawful possession of a category H weapon, Possess shortened firearm, Receive tainted property, Authority required to possess explosives, Unlawful use of a motor vehicle and Unlicenced driving.
The man is due to appear in the Beenleigh Magistrates Court on Monday February 27.
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