BY ISABEL EVERETT

A man will appear in court today after  investigators seized more than $12,000 in cash and two firearms from a Belmont South home on Thursday morning.

A 38-year-old man was charged after Police from Strike Force Raptor
North executed a search warrant of the home just after 2am on Thursday the 5th of March.

During the search, officers seized two pistols, ammunition, electronic
equipment and prohibited drugs believed to methylamphetamine.

Police also located $12,380 cash allegedly hidden inside a freezer.

The man allegedly fled from the home before being detained by
officers, with assistance from the Dog Unit, a short distance away.

The man and a 23-year-old woman were arrested and taken to Belmont Police
Station, before the woman was released pending further inquiries.

The man was charged with two counts of  possessing an unregistered firearm, two counts of possessing ammunition without a holding
licence or permit, possessing a  prohibited drug and dealing with property
proceeds of crime.

He was refused bail to appear at Newcastle Local Court today.


Images Courtesy of NSW Police Force