Senior cops mentioned they had been shocked and shocked on the giant variety of firearms discovered through the joint operation with the Australian Border Drive.
In complete, 18 imitation firearms and 75 firearm elements had been seized, 35 folks had been arrested and 189 fees had been laid final week.
Detective Superintendent Jason Kelly mentioned the trafficking and use of illicit firearms remained a key regulation enforcement difficulty throughout Australia.
"Firearms-related violence is likely one of the most important points we face, and we perceive there's immense neighborhood concern in terms of these weapons," he mentioned.
"As we all know, illicit firearms have historically been utilized in a variety of violent crimes akin to homicide, shootings inflicting severe accidents, armed theft, threats to kill, and extortion."
A 34-year-old Montmorency man was among the many arrested and was charged with a variety of firearms and weapons offences, together with possess traffickable amount of unregistered firearms and 4 counts of manufacture longarm with no licence.
Police seized eight selfmade firearms, 4 of these had been military-style weapons, two 3D printers, ammunition, firearm elements and a number of other swords.
An additional 48 firearms had been seized from an handle in Macleod.