A UKI man has been arrested on drug and firearms offences and is due to appear in Tweed Heads Local Court on Thursday 14 October.
Police attached to the Tweed/Byron Local Area Command’s Strikeforce Ensign arrested the 26-year-old man on Friday.
About 2.15pm, police executed a search warrant on the man’s home in Smiths Creek Road, Uki.
They allegedly found 46 cannabis plants, a quantity of harvested leaf, 12 shotgun cartridges and a dismantled 12-gauge shotgun.
Police arrested the man and he was taken to Tweed Heads Police Station.
He was charged with cultivating a prohibited plant, supplying a prohibited drug, possessing a prohibited drug, possessing an unlicensed firearm and not keeping the firearm safe.
Police are urging anyone with information about this incident to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or use the Crime Stoppers online reporting page: https://www1.police.nsw.gov.au/
