Baye Mullins enters pleas to supplying firearm charges in Gosford and Millthorpe
Phone intercepts were used in a major police operation to track down the supply of prohibited rifles across NSW. An oyster farm worker has entered pleas in court for his role in the supply of rifles at Gosford and Millthorpe.
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A 24-year-old oyster farm worker who helped supply prohibited rifles in Gosford and Millthorpe has entered pleas in court.
Baye Mullins, of Wallaga Lake, has pleaded guilty to two counts of supplying a prohibited firearm to an unauthorised person before Magistrate Alex Mijovich at Gosford Local Court.
Charge sheets tendered to the court state that on June 27 2019 Mullins supplied or knowingly took part in the supply of a Stirling Brand .22 calibre rifle in Gosford to a man unauthorised to possess the firearm.
The second charge states between July 4 and July 23, Mullins supplied or knowingly took part in the supply of a L1A1 self loading rifle in Millthorpe.
Mullins, who was employed at an oyster farm at the time of his arrest, was investigated as part of the Drug and Firearm Squad’s Strike Force Colenso formed in January 2019 to investigate the alleged unlawful supply of firearms by Brendon Gray, 35, of Koolewong, and his associates.
Gray, who has yet to enter a plea, is before the courts with his next mention on October 23 at Gosford Local Court.
“Baye Mullins assisted Brendon Gray in the acquisition of firearms and subsequent sale of those forearms to a male person on three occasions,” the facts read.
Text messages were intercepted by police in June 2019 which showed Mullins and Gray talking about the sale of a rifle and deposits placed in bank accounts. Mullins was also seen going to Gray’s house in Koolewong.
The police facts state that when Gray allegedly sold the Stirling brand rifle, magazine, as well as 50 rounds of ammunition to a man at Adcock Park in West Gosford on July 2 with an added payment of $2000, Mullins went to his home that afternoon.
Between July 4 and July 23 more conversations about a rifle sale were intercepted “with Mullins acting as a broker between a man, who possessed the firearm, and Brendon Gray”.
On July 23, Mullins met a man at Bathurst and had a conversation about the logistics of selling a L1A1 self loading rifle.
The facts state that later that evening, Mullins and Gray met a man at Millthorpe Bowling Club and sold him the rifle, along with a 3 x 20 round capacity magazine for a payment of $35,000.
The payment was separated into three amounts with Mullins taking $7000, the facts stated.
However in an intercepted conversation, Mullins asked Gray to give the money to his girlfriend and keep it on the “down low”.
Facts stated that police believed Mullins and Gray were making extra cash from the sale in secret.
Police intercepted another conversation between Mullins and Gray on August 24 2019 in which Gray asked Mullins if he knew somewhere in Kelso to “do some stashing” and said he had a rifle in the back of his ute. The rifle was stolen preventing its eventual sale.
Mullins was arrested on November 25 2019 at his home in Wallaga Lake.
Two other charges of supplying a prohibited firearm and supplying ammunition will be taken into account when Mullins is sentenced on November 12.