A student police officer has been charged after a prohibited weapon was seized from a home near Campbelltown.
A number of registered firearms were seized along with ammunition and a firearm part by officers attached to Campbelltown Police Area Command who attended a home in Eagle Vale about 3.15pm on September 19.
The firearm part underwent ballistic examination and was deemed a prohibited weapon.
Last Saturday (October 11), a 36-year-old man was issued a court attendance notice for possessing or using a prohibited weapon without permit.
He is due to appear at Campbelltown Local Court on Tuesday, November 25.
The man was suspended from the police academy on September 22 and his professional suitability is currently under review.
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In an unrelated matter, three teenage boys have been charged in relation to a pursuit in parts of Campbelltown.
About 1.15pm yesterday, officers attached to Campbelltown City Police Area Command attempted to stop an allegedly stolen silver Kia Stonic on Azalea Place, Macquarie Fields.
When the vehicle failed to stop as directed, a pursuit was initiated.
The pursuit – with assistance from officers attached to Macarthur Highway Patrol, Polair and the Dog Unit. – continued towards the Minto and Ingleburn areas.
The vehicle stopped on Aero Road, Ingleburn, about 1.50pm where three teenage boys, two aged 16 and one aged 15, ran from the scene but were arrested nearby on Lancaster Street and taken to Campbelltown Police Station.
It will be alleged that the vehicle was stolen while it was stopped in inner city Enmore just after midnight, when the 19-year-old male driver was physically removed from the vehicle by the three teenagers and threatened with a knife. He was not injured.
Police will allege that the teenagers drove the vehicle from the location.
It will be further alleged that the 16-year-old boy was driving the vehicle during the pursuit and was unlicensed.
All three have been refused bail to appear at a children’s court today (Tuesday, October 14, while investigations into the incident are ongoing.