A SANCTUARY Point man found with shortened rifle and a knife by police after being stopped on the Princes Highway at South Nowra has been placed on an 18-month good behaviour bond.
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Ayden Haffner, 25, of Avro Avenue, pleaded guilty to a number of charges before Magistrate Robert Williams at Central Local Court in Sydney.
The court heard Haffner was stopped on the Princes Highway on October 3 between 12.34 and 12.40am.
Police searched his vehicle and found a shortened .22 calibre rifle and a knife as well as a quantity of drugs.
He pleaded guilty to possessing a loaded firearm in a public place, possessing a shortened firearm (not pistol) without authority, possessing firearm or barrel altered or defaced. possessing ammunition without a licence, not keeping a firearm safely, possessing an unregistered firearm, possessing an unauthorised firearm, two counts of possessing a prohibited drug, being in custody of a knife in a public place, driving under the influence of alcohol or other drug and driving a vehicle with illicit drug in his blood.
Magistrate Williams placed him on a 18-month good behaviour bond for possessing a loaded firearm in a public place, possessing an unregistered and unauthorised firearm, possessing or using a prohibited weapon without a permit, possessing a shortened firearm (not pistol), possessing a firearm or barrel with altered, defaced and with possessing ammunition without a licence.
He was convicted of the other charges but no penalties were imposed.
