Queensland Police have sized an automatic machine gun and arrested a 55-year-old man after a search warrant was executed at a property in Coochin Creek this morning.
“Officers from the Sunshine Coast Criminal Investigation Branch and Tactical Crime Squad conducted the search at the property along the Esplanade where the a automatic UZI type weapon was located along with a 9mm handgun, a large quantity of ammunition and a quantity of drugs,” Queensland Police said in a statement.
A 55-year-old Coochin Creek man was arrested and charged with two counts of unlawful possession of weapons, four counts of possess dangerous drugs (opiates, steroids, cannabis and MDMA) and one count each of authority required to possess explosives, receiving tainted property and possess utensils.
He is due to appear in Maroochydore Magistrates Court tomorrow.
