A 21 year old man was arrested and charged at Cobar Police Station on Monday afternoon after he used an imitation gun to threaten another person. Police seized the gel blaster pistol (which resembles a Glock handgun) from a home in Wetherell Crescent at 4.20pm after executing a search warrant on the premises. The man was charged with intimidation and possess a prohibited firearm and was bailed to appear at Cobar Local Court next month. According to NSW laws, ‘imitation firearms’ are also treated as firearms. An ‘imitation firearm’ is an object that regardless of colour, weight or composition or the presence or absence of any moveable parts, substantially duplicates in appearance a firearm (apart from any object that is produced and identified as a children’s toy). If a person is in possession of an air gun, that imitates a more serious firearm, they can be found guilty of a more serious offence. In NSW, possessing or using a firearm, including a BB gun or gel blaster, without a licence or permit carries a maximum penalty of five years imprisonment.
A 21 year old man was arrested and charged at Cobar Police Station on Monday afternoon after he used an imitation gun to threaten another person. Police seized the gel blaster pistol (which resembles a Glock handgun) from a home in Wetherell Crescent at 4.20pm after executing a search warrant on the premises. The man was charged with intimidation and possess a prohibited firearm and was bailed to appear at Cobar Local Court next month. According to NSW laws, ‘imitation firearms’ are also treated as firearms. An ‘imitation firearm’ is an object that regardless of colour, weight or composition or the presence or absence of any moveable parts, substantially duplicates in appearance a firearm (apart from any object that is produced and identified as a children’s toy). If a person is in possession of an air gun, that imitates a more serious firearm, they can be found guilty of a more serious offence. In NSW, possessing or using a firearm, including a BB gun or gel blaster, without a licence or permit carries a maximum penalty of five years imprisonment.
Over 150 swimmers registered to contest the Cobar Yabbies Senior Men’s Swimming Club 50th Anniversary Carnival at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool on Saturday. The 50th Anniversary Carnival was also combined with the Four Ways Swim, which is contested each year between the Cobar, Forbes, Nelson Bay and Gosford men’s […]
Samantha Longmore, at centre front, was in town teaching classes at The Pink Galah art studio over the weekend and was coaxed into staying another night. Cobar Shire Council youth officer, Natalie Prisk, said they engaged Samantha to make a presentation to local youth. She recounted her story of how […]
ROAR, Cobar’s Rural Outback Animal Rescue/Respite service, last week joined forces with Animal Air Rescue to pull off a rescue mission, the likes of which hasn’t been seen in Cobar before. The newly formed Animal Air Rescue ser-vice (with three pilots, two planes and a dedi-cated group of animal advocates) […]
