Investigators attached to Taskforce Erebus have seized numerous items including rifles, handguns, prohibited weapons and drugs as part of ongoing activities to suppress organised crime across Sydney.
During proactive operations, police stopped the driver and passenger of a BMW X5 at a service station on the Great Western Highway at Granville just after 3am and spoke with the 27-year-old female driver and her 43-year-old male passenger.
Officers searched the man and vehicle after checks revealed the woman was a disqualified driver and he was subject to both Weapon (WPO) and Firearm Prohibition Orders (FPO).
During subsequent searches, police located cash, an electronic stun device, small amounts of methylamphetamine and heroin, and equipment consistent with the supply of prohibited drugs. Both were arrested and taken to Merrylands Police Station.
Acting on information, detectives – assisted by officers from Raptor Operation Support Group (OSG) – executed a search warrant at a unit on East Street at Granville around 12.30pm yesterday, seizing a shortened rifle with a silencer attached, ammunition, numerous batons and electronic stun devices, methamphetamine, a motorbike, and stolen mail.
The man has since been charged with 11 drug and firearm related offences and was refused bail and appeared at Parramatta Local Court yesterday, where he was formally refused bail to reappear at the same court on Tuesday, May 31.
The woman was charged with ‘two counts of possess prohibited drug’ and ‘drive motor vehicle during disqualification period – 2nd + offence’ and granted conditional bail to appear at the same court on Wednesday, June 29.
Ellie Busby is a news reporter for Western Sydney Publishing Group. A graduate of the University of Hertfordshire and Western Sydney University, she is a journalism Major. Ellie has worked with Universal Media, The Cova Project and for a range of other organisations. In 2024, Ellie was named Young Writer of the Year at the Mumbrella Publish Awards.