Drug & Firearms Squad detectives have charged a man following the discovery of two firearms and numerous 3D-printed firearm parts from a property in the state’s Hunter Region last year.
Strike Force Leeville is an investigation led by State Crime Command’s Drug & Firearms Squad into the manufacture of firearms.
Following inquiries under Strike Force Leeville, about 3.15pm on Tuesday 23 September 2025, strike force detectives – with assistance from Hunter Valley Police District – searched a property in Barnsley.
During the search, police located a toolbox in the garage containing two rifles and numerous 3D printed firearm parts.
The items were seized to undergo further forensic examination and a 59-year-old man at the property was spoken to.
Following inquires and forensic examination of the firearms and firearm parts, strike force investigators attended a Silverwater correctional facility about 9am today (Tuesday 6 January 2026) and arrested a 29-year-old man.
He was charged with 16 offences including 12 counts of possess digital blueprint for manufacture of firearms, two counts of manufacture prohibited firearm without licence/permit, and two counts of possess unauthorised firearm.
The man was remanded in custody to appear at Burwood Local Court on Tuesday 13 January 2026.