Disability pensioner Roger Tarvij pleaded guilty to a host of charges stemming from a police raid on his Wollongong home in September 2016 in which officers found cannabis, a Colt pistol, dozens of rounds of ammunition and $13,800 in cash.

In the same month, Tarvij’s son Daniel was arrested and charged after being found with a cache of weapons that he admitted had been destined to end up in the hands of local bikies as partial payment for a drug debt worth tens of thousands of dollars.

Court documents reveal police searched Roger Tarvij’s house on the morning of September 20 after the arrest of his son.

Officers found the pistol, the cash, an illegal crossbow, a Queen of the Nile poker machine, 554 grams of cannabis leaf spread throughout the house including stuffed inside a pillow on Tarvij’s bed and more than 150 rounds of ammunition.

Tarvij claimed he wasn’t aware the cannabis leaf was in the house, saying it possibly belonged to his son, however he admitted ownership of the crossbow and gun.

He said his son had given him the gun for “personal protection” and he had found a friend who was helping get the crossbow in working order.

He claimed the cash was his life savings.

Tarvij originally planned to context the charges however pleaded guilty before a scheduled hearing in Wollongong Local Court this week.

He was handed a nine-month suspended prison sentence, placed on a bond and fined $600.

Daniel Tarvij is due to be sentenced for his crimes in Wollongong District Court next month.