Raymond Gordon pleads guilty to having gel blaster, axe in car at Mullumbimby

A Mullumbimby man has admitted to multiple charges after a fake gun revamped to hold real bullets and an axe were found in his car.

Police found a gel-blaster loaded with real bullets when they searched Gordons car. Picture: File

A Mullumbimby man has admitted to multiple charges after a fake gun revamped to hold real bullets and an axe were found in his car.

Raymond Gordon, 28, pleaded guilty on Monday to possessing prohibited drugs, two counts of having ammunition without holding a permit and possessing an unauthorised pistol.

He also pleaded guilty to not storing the firearm safely as well as having a loaded firearm and three flares in a public place.

Gordon, sporting a man-bun and beard, appeared at Byron Local Court through an audiovisual link from custody.

Police facts tendered in court state officers and paramedics were called to Morrison Ave, Mullumbimby, for a welfare check on a man in a Holden Commodore about 9am on June 21.

Officers woke up Gordon after finding him asleep in the back seat of the car with his large dog.

A fake black revolver was found in Gordon’s car along with drugs.

Police saw a “small axe and hammer” in the driver’s side door and began searching the car.

Officers found .22 calibre ammunition rounds in two small reusable bags, 10 Winchester 20 gauge shotgun cartridges and a fake black revolver which had been rebuilt to hold eight live .22 calibre ammunition rounds, hidden in the cars centre console.

Police smelled cannabis and saw a bong in the back seat along with 33.6 grams of cannabis, 0.41 grams of meth and three flares, court documents state.

Ammunition was also found in Gordon’s car.

When Gordon was arrested and taken to Byron Bay police station, he said: “(The fake gun) doesn’t fire, it’s plastic,” police facts state.

Gordon said he purchased the gel blaster from a friend and it was loaded because he revamped it to hold real bullets.

“I found the bullets in a bag at (an op-shop),” Gordon told police.

“The firearm was realistic in appearance, it was only after further inspection police realised it was plastic,” documents continue.

Gordon was arrested and taken to Byron Bay Police Station.

Further police checks confirmed Gordon did not have a firearm licence and he was on bail after being convicted in July for intimidating a police officer.

Gordon was experiencing homelessness and received a disability support pension, court documents state.

Magistrate Karen Stafford ordered for a sentencing assessment report to be prepared before handing down her decision in September.