A man has been charged with 15 drug and weapons offences following investigations after his arrest earlier this week.
Police have charged the 31-year-old Nambour man after officers from the Sunshine Coast District Gang Squad and Special Emergency Response Team executed a search warrant at a Mossy Bank Road property in Eudlo on Wednesday.
Police located and seized six firearms, a bayonet, ammunition, a large quantity of cash, methylamphetamine, cocaine, electronic scales and encrypted phones.
The man was charged with six counts of unlawful possession of a weapon (category D/H/R), four counts of possessing dangerous drugs (methylamphetamine, cocaine, lysergide, buprenorphine), and one count each of offence to buy S4/S8 medications, possess property suspected of having been acquired to commit a drug offence (scales, cash, encrypted communication device), possess utensils, authority required to possess explosives and unlawful possession of a weapon (category A, B or M).
He was remanded in custody and will next appear in Maroochydore Magistrates Court on January 22.
Senior Sergeant Scott Wiggins of the Sunshine Coast District Tactical Crime Squad said the arrest and seizure was would benefit the Sunshine Coast community.
“The arrest of such a serious (alleged) offender is a step towards making the Sunshine Coast community safer,” he said.
“We’ll continue to conduct protracted investigations and channel our resources to ensure we get as many drugs and weapons off our streets as possible, and to keep detecting and disrupting this kind of (alleged) serious criminal activity.”
