Firearm seized in traffic stop Hardwicke Bay

About 6.45pm on Saturday 7 November, Yorketown Police were conducting speed detection duties at Hardwicke Bay when they detected a car travelling at 114km/h in a 100km/h speed zone.

The driver was stopped and submitted to drug and alcohol testing where he allegedly returned a positive result to methamphetamine.

Police searched the car and located a firearm and ammunition, an amount of methamphetamine and a glass pipe.

A 36-year-old Yorke Peninsula man was arrested and charged with possessing a firearm and ammunition without a licence, and may face drug driving charges pending results of a forensic analysis. He was also issued a fine for speeding before being bailed to appear in the Maitland Magistrates Court on 15 December.

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