South Australian police have separately arrested two men for the alleged possession of a handgun disguised as a mobile phone, and a homemade “pen gun”.
In a statement released today, SA Police said Whyalla officers last week arrested a 45-year-old man with firearms offences after allegedly finding an “improvised firearm”.
“It is alleged that a handgun disguised to resemble a mobile phone was located in a satchel bag belonging to the occupant,” police said in a statement.
Police said the man was charged with possessing a firearm without a licence and contravening a firearm prohibition order. He was also charged with a separate aggravated assault matter.
He did not apply for bail and was expected to appear in the Whyalla Magistrates Court today.
A 27-year-old man was charged last week over the alleged possession of a “pen gun”. (ABC News: Sophie Landau)
‘Homemade pen gun’
In an unrelated incident last week, police said a man appeared in court after an alleged shooting incident in Adelaide’s southern suburbs involving a “homemade pen gun”.
In a statement released on Saturday, SA Police said emergency services were called to a home at Nadia Crescent, Christie Downs at about 1:45am on Tuesday, May 19, after reports of a man with a gunshot wound to his leg.
The 27-year-old Evanston man was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Police said detectives allegedly seized a homemade “pen gun” from the home.
Last week the Evanston man was last week arrested and charged with an aggravated charge of possessing a firearm without a licence.
He was refused bail and appeared in the Christies Beach Magistrates Court last week.
