Tweed Heads Police Station.
Tweed Heads Police Station. Blainey Woodham

Man jailed after drugs, guns found in Pottsville raid

Update: Wednesday August 27 8.30am

TWO men have been charged with various drug and firearm offences following a raid on two Pottsville homes on Monday.

Ronald James Mortimer, 61, was charged with dealing with property suspected to be the proceeds of crime, three counts of supplying a prohibited drug and three counts of possessing a prohibited drug.

Mortimer was refused bail to reappear in Lismore court on October 21. 

Murray Charles Robert MacMillan, 39, was charged with two counts of possessing an unauthorised firearm, cultivating a prohibited drug and possessing a prohibited drug. 

MacMillan was granted bail.

 

Initial report: Tuesday August 26 4.08pm

TWO men faced court on Tuesday, charged with multiple drug and firearm offences after a raid in Pottsville on Monday.

At 4.15pm, Tweed/Byron LAC officers executed a search warrant on Sleepy Hollow Rd.

There were two homes on the property.

At one home, police allege they seized two unregistered firearms, a rifle, a shotgun and cannabis with an estimated street value of $3,800.

A 39-year-old man was arrested at the home and taken to Tweed Heads Police Station.

The man was charged with two counts of possessing an unregistered firearm and possessing a prohibited drug. 

The second home on the property was also searched by police. 

Police allegedly seized cash and illegal drugs worth about $83,000.

The drugs included cocaine, one kilogram of cannabis and 448 tablets of ecstacy. 

A 61-year-old man was arrested at the house and taken to Tweed Heads Police Station.

He was charged with three counts of supplying a prohibited drug, three counts of possessing a prohibited drug and possessing tainted property.

Both men were refused bail to appear in Tweed Heads Local court on Tuesday. 



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