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.
Country rock artist Benn Gunn is current-ly travelling around Australia with the aim of helping 100 regional charities to raise money with his Great Australian Show: a rocking tribute to Aussie “kulcha”. One of those charities is the Rotary Club of Cobar who will benefit from Benn’s Cobar show at […]
The Divas and Nymagee Magpies cele-brated grand final wins in the Cobar Senior Netball competition last Tuesday night. Both sides finished as comfortable winners of their respective games with Divas beating Pumpettes 47-33 in A Grade while Nymagee Magpies outplayed Real Steel to win their B Grade match 46-23. The […]
Empire easily defeated Nymagee by six wickets in the Cobar & District Senior Cricket 40 Overs game at Ward Oval on Saturday. The only high point for Nymagee on the day was winning the toss! They chose to bat and it all started to unravel in the second over when […]
