Army sniper Robert Marchment removes pictures from Facebook after ABF raid

After claiming he likes “back massages and trolling anti-gunners” on Facebook, a former elite army sniper has removed photos of himself holding and shooting guns from his social media accounts after Border Force revealed why his Gold Coast home was raided.

A photo that was removed from Robert Marchment’s Facebook page. Picture: Facebook

A CRACK ex-army sniper whose property was targeted in a dramatic Australian Border Force raid on the Gold Coast has gone all gun-shy.

Scores of Border force agents and police swooped on the Paradise Point home of Afghanistan veteran and former army sharpshooter and ammunition supplier Robert Marchment on Thursday.

Army bomb squad experts were called in after explosives were allegedly found at the Warrie Close duplex.

A photo that was removed from Robert Marchment’s Facebook page. Picture: Facebook

Mr Marchment, who runs a feral animal extermination business, has not been charged with any offences but Border Force investigations are continuing.

The 37-year-old has now altered his Facebook page to delete photos of himself holding or shooting a range of weapons including a machine gun and mortar after they were published by The Courier-Mail.

His Facebook profile previously said he liked ‘back massages and trolling anti-gunners’.

Mr Marchment holding a mortar and bear in Cambodia.

Mr Marchment’s page also had a photo of his army sniper training certificate which listed his competencies as including the ability to ‘kill selected enemy targets with accurate fire’ and ‘wound or disable enemy targets with harassing fire’’.

He declined to comment when contacted today about the raid.

Mr Marchment on deployment in Afghanistan.

The ABF has said the investigation into the alleged “illegal importation of firearms, parts and accessories” is ongoing and a male has been interviewed.

Originally published as Army sniper Robert Marchment removes pictures from Facebook after ABF raid