Six people including four from Evans Head have been charged with firearm and drug offences following an investigation into the supply of prohibited drugs.
In February 2024, Strike Force McClelland was established by police to investigate the ongoing supply of prohibited drugs in the Tweed Heads, Byron Bay, and Evans Head areas.
As part of ongoing investigations, officers stopped a car at a service station in Chinderah at 1.10pm yesterday, Wednesday, July 31.
Three people in the car – a 37 year old woman, and two men aged 28 and 51 – were arrested at the scene.
At almost the same time, police executed three search warrants simultaneously in Evans Head and Tweed Heads, while officers from the Queensland Police Service executed three search warrants on the Gold Coast on behalf of NSW Police.
Among the items located and seized were seven pistols, one shotgun, one rifle, nine gel blasters, three electronic stun devices, knuckle dusters, flick knives, batons, handcuffs, cocaine, more than a litre of GBL, steroids, almost 1.5kg of methamphetamine, fireworks, and almost $40,000 in cash.
Police have now laid charges against the three people arrested at Chinderah, with an additional two men and a woman also arrested and charged.
Among the charges there was a total of 147 offences.
A 37 year old Evans Head woman was charged with 64 offences including possessing an unauthorised firearm and prohibited drug offences. She was also charged with recruiting a child to carry out at criminal activity. She was refused bail and will face court on Monday, September 30.
A 34 year old Evans Head man was charged with 20 offences including possessing a prohibited weapon, unauthorised firearms and a pistol. He was also charged with possessing a prohibited drug.
A 48 year old Evans Head woman was charged with 11 offences including possessing unauthorised ammunition without holding a licence and for the supply of a prohibited drug.
A 51 year old Evans Head man was charged with 16 offences including multiple firearm offences as well as possessing and supplying a prohibited drug.
All were refused bail and will face Ballina Local Court on Thursday, August 15.
A 42-year-old Tweed Heads man and a man from Burleigh Heads were also charged with similar offences to those already listed.
The information in this report was provided by NSW Police.
