Firearms found in Dairy Flat

Police have located an array of firearms while carrying out a search warrant in Dairy Flat.

They were at the address last Friday following an alleged dispute that took place there a week before.

Detective Sergeant Peter Law, of Waitematā North CIB, says a firearm was allegedly presented at a person during that dispute and a 37-year-old man was taken into custody over that incident. He was charged with firearms and drugs offences.

As part of their enquiries, police later executed a search warrant at the same Dairy Flat property and found several items including parts of rifles and pistols, along with ammunition.

“The firearms were in various stages of being re-manufactured when they were recovered,” Law says. “In the state we found them in, they would be extremely unsafe to operate.”

A 42-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the firearms discovery and will face the North Shore District Court on firearms offences at a later date.

“We are continuing to make enquiries around the re-manufacturing of the firearms at this address,” Law says. “Our team is pleased that six firearms have been taken out of circulation in the community.”