Detectives from the Illicit Firearms Squad have charged 37-year-old Cranbourne East man Anthony Robert Espenszid after illegal firearms and drugs were allegedly found at a premises.
Police say they seized five firearms and various drugs of dependence following a gun-trafficking investigation at the property on Monahans Road in Cranbourne East.
A bolt action rifle, a sawn-off double barrel shotgun, a singe barrel sawn-off shotgun, two air rifles, various ammunition, and various amounts of what appear to be dried cannabis, methylamphetamine and ecstasy tablets, police say.
Espenszid did not apply for bail at a hearing at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on 23 June.
He faced five counts of being a prohibited person possessing a firearm and a charge of possessing two or more firearms not in accordance with the Firearms Act.
He was also charged with possessing meth, cannabis and ecstasy and unauthorised possession of ammunition.
A defence lawyer told the court that Espenszid suffered cellulitis and required a psychiatric nurse.
He was remanded in custody to appear at a committal mention at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on 15 September.
