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<\/p>\nA man was busted while allegedly making guns during a police raid in Auckland’s west yesterday. <\/p>\n
Officers carried out two raids in the region yesterday morning, as part of a crackdown on firearms offending. <\/p>\n
Police said one of the properties searched on Mountain Road in Henderson Valley was related to the manufacture and supply of illegal guns. <\/p>\n
Detective Senior Sergeant Josh Lautogo said that when officers entered the property, a person was “actively manufacturing firearms”. They were taken into custody. <\/p>\n
During a search of the property, officers found several items and .22 ammunition “consistent with the manufacture of firearms”. <\/p>\n
A 35-year-old man would appear in the Wait\u0101kere District Court today charged with sell\/manufacture firearms without dealer\u2019s licence and unlawful possession of ammunition.<\/p>\n
Police also raided the West Headhunters’ pad on View Road. <\/p>\n
Lautogo said the search targeted suspects with links to the Headhunters Motorcycle Gang. <\/p>\n
During the raid, a .22 semiautomatic rifle was found inside a bag hanging from a coat hanger. Ammunition was also found in the same room.<\/p>\n
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The .22 rifle found during the raid. (Source: Supplied)<\/p>\n
A stolen Harley-Davidson V-Rod motorcycle and a stolen Cadillac Escalade were also found and towed.<\/p>\n
Officers found 1kg of dried cannabis during a search of a car parked at the property. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe estimated street value of this quantity of cannabis is significant, so it\u2019s great to be able to remove it from our streets,\u201d Lautogo said. <\/p>\n
Two people were arrested and taken into custody “without issue”.<\/p>\n
A 42-year-old was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and unlawful possession of ammunition, while a 69-year-old man was charged with possession of cannabis for supply and would appear in the <\/p>\n
Both would appear in the Wait\u0101kere District Court tomorrow. <\/p>\n
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