A junior member of the Satudarah outlaw motorcycle gang has been charged after prohibited firearms and weapons were located during searches in the Illawarra.
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South East Region Enforcement Squad investigators have been proactively targeting criminal activity in the Illawarra and on Thursday they attended a home at Cringila about 10am.
They served firearms and weapons prohibition orders on a 21-year-old man, searches were conducted at his Mount Warrigal home and a storage unit at Unanderra.
During the searches, police seized a rifle, two rifle scopes, various calibres of ammunition, an electronic stun device, a crudely manufactured pen gun and steroids.
The man, who is a junior member of the Satudarah OMCG, was arrested and taken to Lake Illawarra Police Station.
He was charged with unauthorised possession of prohibited firearms, possess unregistered firearm - prohibited firearm, possess ammunition without holding a licence or permit to authorise, firearm etc found at premises - subject to firearms prohibition order, not keep firearm safe - prohibited firearm, possess prohibited drug and manufacture prohibited firearm without permit.
He has been refused bail to appear at Wollongong Local Court on Friday.
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