CANBERRA, ACT, June 5 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
Editor's note: Images of pistol available via Hightail
A West Australian man is scheduled to appear before Perth Magistrates Court today (5 June, 2025) charged with allegedly carrying a foldable pistol in his luggage.
The AFP was notified yesterday (4 June, 2025) that Perth Airport security had allegedly found a firearm during an x-ray screening of a passenger's backpack.
Police searched the backpack and found an unlicensed foldable single-shot pistol weighing less than 1kg. No ammunition was found in the luggage or in the man's possession.
The man, 37, was charged with:
* One count of possessing an unlicensed handgun, contrary to section 214 of the...