A Perth man’s eligibility to hold a gun licence is under review after police charged him with allegedly posting antisemitic comments on social media. Police seized several registered firearms from the man after a search warrant was executed at his Yangebup home on Tuesday.
Firearms Seized in Operation Dalewood
The arrest is part of Western Australia’s Operation Dalewood, launched in response to the Bondi terror attack. The 39-year-old man is facing three charges, including conduct intended to racially harass, carrying or possessing a prohibited weapon, and failing to store a firearm correctly.
“The man was a licensed firearms holder and possessed several registered firearms as well as a quantity of ammunition, all of which were seized,” police said in a statement. “The man’s eligibility to hold a firearms licence will be subject to review.”
He is due to appear in Fremantle Magistrates Court on Wednesday.
Operation Dalewood has seen WA Police increase patrols and their presence in the community following the attack that killed 15 people at a Jewish gathering at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on October 14.
Last Tuesday, WA police arrested and charged an 18-year-old man who was allegedly spotted wearing a Nazi symbol near a mosque in Perth’s south-eastern suburbs.
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