NUMURKAH, VIC. — Cobram Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a 66-year-old Numurkah man following a firearms incident in Numurkah on Thursday, October 29, where investigators have been told the man allegedly discharged a firearm towards a vehicle.
Detectives executed a search warrant at a property on Murray Avenue on Saturday, October 31 and whilst searching the property, officers located a suspicious device.
The Bomb Response Unit attended and rendered the device safe.
A 66-year-old Nurmurkah man was arrested at the scene.
He was interviewed and charged with several offences, including reckless conduct endangering serious injury, being a prohibited person possessing [an] imitation firearm, possessing [an] explosive substance, making [an] explosive substance, cultivating cannabis, possession of cannabis, possessing Victoria Police equipment without authority and possessing a prohibited weapon without exemption.
He was remanded to appear at Shepparton Magistrates’ Court on Monday, November 2.
