Man, 41, charged after firearms and a hydroponic cannabis crop are found near Parkes
NSW Police's Parkes Rural Crime Prevention Team searched a property on Cooka Hills Road, Cookamidgera, on 16 September 2026, seizing four firearms, ammunition, a hydroponic setup and one cannabis plant. A 41-year-old man was charged with firearms offences and remanded to appear in the bail court the next day.
🇦🇺 Cookamidgera, near Parkes, New South Wales · Australia
- Arrested
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- Charged
- 1
Police from the Parkes Rural Crime Prevention Team carried out a firearm and weapon-prohibition
compliance check at a property on Cooka Hills Road, Cookamidgera, about 17 km south of Parkes in the
Central West of New South Wales, around midday on Wednesday, 16 September 2026.[1][2]
During the search officers allegedly found and seized four firearms — including a single-barrel
shotgun and a gel-blaster rifle — ammunition, a hydroponic setup and one cannabis plant. A
41-year-old man was arrested at Parkes Police Station and charged with possessing a shortened firearm
without authority, a firearm found at premises subject to a prohibition order, and possessing
ammunition without a licence or permit. He was remanded in custody to appear before Bail Division
Court 4 on Thursday, 17 September 2026.[1][2]
Sources
- Man charged after four firearms and hydro cannabis crop allegedly seized - Central West PD. NSW Police Force, 17 September 2026. Archived copy.
- Man Charged: Four Firearms, Cannabis Seized. Mirage News (NSW Police release), 17 September 2026.
Open questions the AI reported
- The man is not named, and no drug charge was reported for the cannabis plant and hydroponic setup.
- The outcome of the bail court appearance on 17 September 2026 was not reported.
- No weight or yield for the single cannabis plant was given.