About 9.10am yesterday, officers from the Mid North Coast Police District executed a search warrant at a property at Carrai.

During a search of the property and the immediate area, officers allegedly located eight plots containing 1064 cannabis plants, 100 litres of cannabis oil and 10kg of cannabis leaf.

Police also seized three firearms, a large amount of ammunition, two motorbikes and one quad bike.

A man was arrested was taken to Kempsey Police Station and charged with 13 offences:

cultivate prohibited plant (large commercial quantity)

supply prohibited drug (large commercial quantity)

manufacture prohibited drug (large commercial quantity)

supply prohibited drug (commercial quantity)

goods suspected stolen in/on premises (x3)

possess unregistered firearm-not prohibited firearm/pistol (x2)

possess unauthorised firearm

possess ammunition without holding licence/permit

Not keep firearm safely-not prohibited firearm

possess prohibited drug

He was refused bail to appear at Port Macquarie Local Court today.

Police are urging anyone with information in relation to cannabis cultivation and supply to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333-000 or use the Crime Stoppers online reporting page: https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au/Information you provide will be treated in the strictest of confidence. We remind people they should not report crime information via our Facebook and Twitter pages.

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