Maroubra police raids: 300 knives, axes seized and man charged

Hundreds of knives, axes, tasers, knuckle dusters and two large bows have been seized from a home on a quiet street in Sydney’s eastern suburbs after ABF officers intercepted several packages.

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An eastern suburbs man charged with importing an arsenal of weapons including knives, axes, tasers and knuckle dusters has faced court.

Jacob Hui, 49, from Maroubra, appeared in court on Thursday after allegedly importing and possessing hundreds of weapons which were uncovered by police.

Last month, Australian Border Force officers intercepted several suspicious packages which contained dangerous weapons.

They found these were all being sent to the same address on Alma Rd, Maroubra and referred this to NSW Police, police allege.

300 weapons were seized following a referral from Australian Border Force officers.

The weapons were found stashed in an eastern suburbs home.

Officers from Eastern Suburbs police began investigating the delivery of weapons before raiding Mr Hui’s home on the quiet suburban street.

They allegedly found about 250 weapons at the three-storey property – in the well-off area of Maroubra – including illegal knives, swords and axes stashed away in the home, police allege.

Only two weeks after this they searched a storage facility linked to Mr Hui’s address and allegedly found a taser, slingshot and variety of knives.

More weapons were also found in a storage facility.

Detectives have charged Mr Hui with six counts of intentionally import prohibited goods (tier two goods) and seven counts of possess a prohibited weapon without permit.

He briefly appeared at Waverley Local Court on Thursday and his matter was adjourned until January 23. He remains on bail.

The Southern Courier spoke with Mr Hui following his court matter but he declined to comment.

His strict bail conditions include reporting to Maroubra Police Station three times a week and not entering any international airport or other point of departure from Australia.

A breakdown of the arsenal of weapons allegedly seized by police included knuckle dusters, butterfly knives, karambits (curved knives), daggers, spring-loaded blades, other knives and bladed weapons, ribbed mace (club), electric shock devices, extendible batons, a sling shot, laser pointer, bulletproof vest, compound bow and 10 packets of road spikes.