Nathan Singh, 54, was taken into custody after police surrounded a property in Ridge Street, Attunga, on Wednesday 4 November 2026.[1] Officers of the Oxley Police District Proactive Crime Team, backed by the Western Operation Support Group, searched the home and allegedly found a rifle, a rifle scope, a Glock pistol, magazines, a slingshot, nunchucks, methamphetamine, seven cannabis plants and five packets of cannabis seeds.[1] He was arrested and taken to Tamworth Police Station, where he was charged with firearm offences, including possession of an unauthorised pistol, and with possessing and cultivating a prohibited drug.[1]
Police refused him bail and he spent the night in custody before appearing in a Sydney bail court the next day.[1] The prosecutor said the firearms were gel blasters that looked real.[1] The prosecutor also said Singh had denied knowledge of the firearms, which were found in a bedroom.[1] His solicitor said he had epilepsy and had been using cannabis for that and other conditions.[1] She said he was trying to obtain a prescription for medicinal cannabis.[1] His solicitor proposed that he live at home, comply with a nightly curfew between 8pm and 8am, and abstain from drugs and alcohol.[1] Judge Miranda Moody granted bail, saying she did not think he would get a full-time custodial sentence even if convicted.[1] She told him he could not grow his own cannabis and would need a prescription if he was relying on it.[1] Under the bail, police may check that he is home during curfew hours no more than once a day and may test him for drugs and alcohol.[1] He must also abstain from alcohol and drugs unless a doctor prescribes them.[1]
He was ordered to appear in Tamworth Local Court the following week.[1] Police were later ordered to compile a brief of evidence against him over the alleged seizure of firearms, cannabis and methamphetamine in the Attunga raid.[2]
