Man charged with serious guns, drugs offences after dramatic arrest in Melbourne’s west
A 44-year-old man in Spotswood, Melbourne, has been charged with serious drug and firearms offences following a police operation. The arrest involved a lockdown of the street as police executed a search warrant related to drug trafficking. Authorities seized a firearm and various drugs, including methylamphetamine, during the operation.
- ▪Police executed a search warrant at a home in Hudsons Road, Spotswood.
- ▪The man was charged with trafficking a commercial quantity of methylamphetamine and using a firearm in contravention of a prohibition order.
- ▪During the arrest, police seized a firearm, mobile phones, laptops, watches, OC spray, and drugs.
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