Manufacture of weapons arrest, Harristown

A man has been charged in relation to the alleged manufacture of weapons following a search of a Harristown home yesterday.
Around 8.45am, officers from the Darling Downs District Tactical Crime Squad executed a search warrant at a Stephen Street address.
A search of the property was conducted and there they located a shipping container with a large range of equipment inside.
Manufactured weapons components, tools used to manufacture weapon components (drill press, grinders and welders), weapon manufacturing instructions, weapon drawings, weapon templates, a computer with weapon manufacturing instructions, and a manufactured Category R submachine gun along with a mobile phone and a quantity of methylamphetamine and smoking utensils.
A 52-year-old male resident was arrested and taken to the Toowoomba Watch House where he was charged with the manufacture of a Category R weapon, possession of a Category R weapon, possessing drugs, possessing drug utensil, (not having) authority required to possess explosives (ammunition) and

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