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Police locates multiple homemade firearm manufacturing parts during FPO

A man has been charged after police located various homemade parts used in the manufacturing of firearms, as well as a scope and two conducted energy devices in a Kingsville house.

Police searched the man’s house on Wednesday, locating a scope, various rounds of ammunition, two conducted energy devices, three firearm cylinders, two homemade firearm slides, a homemade silencer and two other homemade firearm components.

The 52-year-old Kingsville man was charged with two counts of possessing prohibited weapon, four counts of FPO subject possessing a firearm related item and failure to surrender firearms or firearm related items on service of order.

He was bailed to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on November 16.

Details Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or www.crimestoppersvic.com.au

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