MONASH: ‘Armoury in Glen Waverley’
Detectives from the Illicit Firearms Squad 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.
With assistance from the VIPER Taskforce, police executed a search warrant at a residential address in Glen Waverley on Monday (Sep. 22).
Seventy-five exhibits were seized from a locked front room, including:
n A Sako Model 85M bolt action rifle .270 Winchester reported stolen in Victoria in 2021,
n A Norinco SKS 7.62 x39mm semi-automatic rifle,
n An AR15 semi-automatic rifle,
n A Sako model L579, 220 swift bolt action rifle reported stolen in Victoria in 1997,
n A Sako L461 .17 bolt action rifle reported stolen in Victoria in 1997,
n A Voere Voehren-bach 22LR bolt action rifle reported stolen in Victoria in 1999,
n A 3D printed fully automatic FGC-9 – 3D printed privately manufactured firearm,
n A Lithgow SMLE 1941 bolt action rifle,
n A Lysaght PK Owen M2/3 9mm fully automatic sub-machine gun,
n A Thompson model 1921 fully automatic submachine gun,
n A “Sten style” privately made fully automatic submachine gun,
n A Ruger model Mini 14 .223 semi-automatic rifle, with loaded magazine with unknown quantity of rounds,
n A Savage model 30 series E 12 gauge pump action shotgun,
n A Sturm Ruger mini 14 .223 semi-automatic rifle, with loaded magazine with unknown quantity of rounds,
n A Norinco SKS semi-automatic rifle,
A CZ model 457 22LR bolt action rifle reported stolen in Victoria in 2022,
n A Beta Arms Inc SKS semi-automatic rifle,
n An Adler model B220 straight pull 12 gauge shotgun,
n An O. F. Mossberg & Sons Inc bolt action 12 gauge shotgun model 195 KA reported stolen in Victoria in 1998,
n A Remington model 7615 pump action rifle reported stolen in Victoria in 2023,
n A bolt action rifle,
n A Ruger American 30-06 Springfield bolt action rifle, with loaded magazine with unknown quantity of rounds reported stolen in Victoria in 2012,
n Two x SKS semi-automatic rifle,
n Three x imitation pistols,
Two people from Glen Waverley – a 33-year-old man and a 28-year-old woman – were arrested at the scene.
The 33-year-old man was charged with 60 offences.
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.