A man has been arrested after police allegedly found a gun hidden inside a children’s playroom and a stash of drugs in his home.
The 32-year-old was arrested when the Australian Federal Police raided his Rowville home in eastern Melbourne on Friday.
Police allege the man is a former member of an Outlaw Motorcycle Gang who had about 3kg of cocaine and 1kg of methamphetamine on his property during the search.
A Melbourne man has been arrested over a stash of cocaine and methamphetamine which were allegedly found in his Rowville home.Picture: Supplied/AFP.
Police allege a gun was also found inside the home.Picture: Supplied/AFP.
In addition to the drugs, police say they also seized a loaded handgun which was found in an ottoman inside a child’s playroom.
“This loaded firearm was found by police in a child’s playroom, which is hard to imagine what may have occurred if a young person managed to find it,” AFP Detective Inspector Chris Salmon said.
“This arrest should serve as a warning to anyone possessing an illicit firearm.
This isn’t just a case of alleged criminals possessing firearms to target each other – innocent bystanders, including family members are at serious risk of being harmed or killed.”
Police say they seized cash and drugs during the raid.Picture: Supplied/AFP.
The man appeared in court on Friday.Picture: Supplied/AFP.
Officers claim they confiscated cash and electronic devices during the extensive raid. The AFP alleges the cash is the proceeds of crime.
The man was charged with a string of offences, باکسر ۱۵۰ including possessing a commercial quantity of a border controlled drug, dealing in money reasonably suspected to be the proceeds of crime, and possessing an unregistered handgun.
The man faced Melbourne Magistrates Court on Friday.
