Weapons and assault charges, Smithfield
Police have charged a man following the alleged discharge of a firearm this afternoon at Smithfield.
It will be alleged at about 1.40pm today an altercation occurred between two men who are known to each other, at a residence in Pennine Close.
One of the men went to his vehicle and removed a firearm which he then allegedly discharged into the road way. The man then left the residence in the vehicle.
Police located the man nearby a short time later and he was taken into custody without further incident.
A 35-year-old Cairns North man has been charged with one count each of threatening violence – discharge firearm, possess dangerous goods in vehicle (firearm), common assault, unlawful possession of a firearm, possess tainted property (firearm), assault occasioning bodily harm and wilful damage.
He is due to appear in the Cairns Magistrates Court tomorrow, May 9.
The other man was not physical injured during the incident.
