Weapons seizure, Roma
A 41-year-old Gold Coast man has been charged with two weapons related offences and released on bail with conditions to appear in the Roma Magistrates Court in early May 2014.
In February 2014, Detectives from the Roma Criminal Investigation Branch commenced an operation in collaboration with officers from the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (ACBPS) targeting the movement of illegal items being sent through the mail to Roma.
As a result of this joint operation, Detectives identified the attempted shipment of illegal ‘stun guns’ from Thailand.
All items were intercepted and seized by ACBPS at the Sydney Gateway Facility. An examination of these stun guns identified the stun gun to be housed within the head of a medium size operational torch.
Further investigations identified the items were addressed to a PO Box registered to a Mining Company based in Roma.
Inquiries at this mining site helped to identify a male person who had purchased the stun guns.
A search of the males room at the Mine Site located on Bend Road, Roma was performed and a further eight stun guns were located.
As a result of this operation, the Queensland Police Service and the ACBPS were able to intercept 42 weapons.
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