Police have uncovered a secret gun bunker at a property in Perthstunning even skilled officers.
The large assortment of firearms and ammunition were hidden illegallywith entry to the room hid below a lounge lifted by a hydraulic arm.
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Past the weapons was a workbench, physique armor and an underground capturing vary with a motorized pulley system to position targets the place the shooter needs them.
Former skilled fighter and boxing promoter David “Ice Man” Letizia owns the Excessive Wycombe property the place the bunker was found.
It could have remained a secret from the authorities if not for a tip-off to the police.
Letizia pleaded responsible to quite a few firearms prices and was fined a complete of $3200.
His firearms had been additionally despatched for disposal, police commissioner Col Blanch mentioned.
The invention underpins the considerations the police and the federal government have for the explosion in gun possession and the forms of weapons in the neighborhood.
WA’s gun legal guidelines are about to endure the most important rewrite in 50 years, with each facet of the laws governing firearms possession to be put below the microscope.
“Our legal guidelines are outdated. They permit some very high-powered firearms that basically are designed for capturing rhinos or penetrating armor plating. There is not any justifiable purpose for them in our state. That is why we’ll ban them,” WA police minister Paul Papalia mentioned.
He added “we make no apologies, there shall be an entire rewrite of the firearms act”.
“It is going to be modernized and nearly each aspect of firearms possession and use shall be addressed,” he mentioned.
Mr Letizia is due in court docket later this yr charged over constructing the key bunker with out council approval.
