{"id":410929,"date":"2026-05-04T07:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T07:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/410929\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T07:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T07:24:12","slug":"explosives-loaded-guns-and-drugs-found-at-mans-property","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/410929\/","title":{"rendered":"Explosives, loaded guns and drugs found at man&#8217;s property"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/4JP5FYF_Pistol_loaded_jpg.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"1186\" alt=\"Items seized by police in a raid in Murchison, May 2026.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nItems seized by police in a raid in Murchison, May 2026.<br \/>\nPhoto: Police \/ supplied\n<\/p>\n<p>A Murchison man is facing charges after police seized explosives, loaded guns and drugs from a rural property.<\/p>\n<p>The 60-year-old was arrested following a search by local officers and the armed offenders squad last week.<\/p>\n<p>Police said they found more than 17 sticks of power gel explosives, a shotgun, a .22 rifle and a revolver, along with ammunition.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/4JP5FYF_TASMAN_Murchison_3_Power_Gel_explosives_sticks_png.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"1084\" alt=\"Items seized by police in a raid in Murchison, May 2026.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nItems seized by police in a raid in Murchison, May 2026.<br \/>\nPhoto: Police \/ supplied\n<\/p>\n<p>Senior Sergeant Micaela Rolton said officers had been investigating reports of illegal firearms.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The firearms were all loaded and not secured in a safe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She said Defence Force bomb disposal experts safely destroyed the explosives at the property.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a positive outcome for the community, with the illegal firearms and explosives now removed from circulation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/4JP5FYF_TASMAN_Murchison_4_ammo_png.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"979\" alt=\"Items seized by police in a raid in Murchison, May 2026.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nItems seized by police in a raid in Murchison, May 2026.<br \/>\nPhoto: Police \/ supplied\n<\/p>\n<p>The man was charged with firearms offences, possessing an explosive device, possession of methamphetamine for supply and cannabis possession.<\/p>\n<p>He was due to appear at the Nelson District Court this week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/radionz.us6.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=211a938dcf3e634ba2427dde9&amp;id=b3d362e693\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up for Ng\u0101 Pitopito K\u014drero, a daily newsletter<\/a> curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Items seized by police in a raid in Murchison, May 2026. Photo: Police \/ supplied A Murchison man&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410930,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[48,47,42,43,49,46,44,45,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-410929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-audio","tag-current-affairs","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-podcasts","tag-public-radio","tag-radio-new-zealand","tag-rnz","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}