<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <docID>341750</docID> <postdate>2025-04-03 17:25:31</postdate> <headline>Police seize thousands of guns in two operations</headline> <body><div> <p><img class="size-full wp-image-341751" src="https://citynews.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Mitchell-dealer-firearms-resized-e1743661441943.jpg" alt="" width="885" height="590" /></p> <caption>Police seized more than 2000 guns from a dealer in Mitchell. Photo: ACT police</caption> <p><strong>More than 2150 firearms have been seized by police following search-warrant activity in two operations last month.</strong></p> </div> <div> <p>In the first operation, following a joint investigation between ACT and NSW police, more than 2000 firearms and firearms parts were seized in Mitchell between March 4 and 6.</p> </div> <div> <p>Police identified numerous breaches of the ACT Firearms and Prohibited Weapons Acts allegedly committed by a licenced firearms dealer. These included the apparent manufacture and possession of suppressors, possession of large-capacity magazines, prohibited imitation weapons, unregistered firearms, and inadequately secured firearms.</p> </div> <div> <p>The second operation was conducted after an 80-year-old man was charged with family violence offences.</p> </div> <div> <p>As a licensed firearms holder, the man was required to surrender his guns – with police subsequently seizing more than 150 firearms from his property in McKellar.</p> </div> <div> <p><img class=" wp-image-341752" src="https://citynews.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/McKellar-guns-resized-e1743661357256.jpg" alt="" width="750" height="500" /></p> <caption>More than 150 seized guns from a licence holder in McKellar. Photo: ACT police</caption> <p>The officer in charge of the ACT Firearms Registry, Insp Dennis Gellatly, said police would always seize firearms when licence holders were doing the wrong thing.</p> </div> <div> <p>“The Firearms Registry expects all licence holders to comply with their requirements, which are clearly outlined upon obtaining a firearm,†he said.</p> </div> <div> <p>“Anyone who engages in criminal conduct can expect to have their licence revoked and their firearms seized."</p> </div> </body>