Man charged with 35 offences after police seize guns, drugs, garden tools and blue tongue lizards
A 25-year-old man is facing dozens of charges after a raid on a rural property in southern NSW uncovered a raft of allegedly stolen goods including guns, power tools and lizards.
Police executed the raid in Humula, around 200km west of Canberra, at 6.45am on Wednesday.
They seized three guns, ammunition, three trail bikes, a luxury watch, a chainsaw, hedge cutter, lawn mower, RMS road signs, number plates and a bogie trailer - all alleged to have been stolen.
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Police seized three guns from the Humula property, including two that had allegedly been "defaced". NSW Police
One of four shingleback blue tongue lizards found on the property and seized by National Parks and Wildlife. NSW Police
They also found four shingleback blue tongue lizards.
These were seized by National Parks and Wildlife Services after it was found that the man did not hold the necessary licence to keep the protected native animals.
Drugs including cannabis and methamphetamine were also seized, along with hunting equipment including tracking collars, breast plates, hunting knives and a GPS handheld tracking module.
The man was taken to Holbrook Police Station and charged with a slew of offences, which include possessing firearms without a licence, theft, property damage and dealing in protected animals.
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Police allege the weapons and ammunition - as well as a number of power tools, bikes and other goods - were stolen. NSW Police
He is also accused of offences related to poaching, including entering agricultural land to hunt animals without consent.
The 25-year-old appeared in a Wagga Wagga court yesterday, where he was refused bail ahead of his next court appearance on May 14.
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