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...