Detectives from the Illicit Firearms Squad this week arrested two people and seized 24 firearms – four of which were reported as stolen in the 1990s – as part of an investigation into an organised crime weapons cache ‘safe house’ which was being guarded by a sitter.
During a separate investigation in March of this year, police became aware of a large number of firearms being stored in a safe house known as “The Armoury”, but the location was unknown.
On Monday, September 22, with assistance from the VIPER Taskforce, police executed a search warrant at a residential address in Glen Waverley.
Seventy-five exhibits were seized from a locked front room.
He was remanded in custody to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on December 16.
Police will allege the man was living rent-free in the property in return for being the ‘sitter’ on the weapons cache for an organised crime syndicate.
The woman was released pending further enquiries.
Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000 or www.crimestoppersvic.com.au.
