Man allegedly buys son replica firearms as Christmas present, pulled over by police

A man has told police replica firearms allegedly found in his car were a Christmas present for his son in a bizarre routine stop at Tweed Heads.

Police seized a cache of more than 10 imitation firearms from a property in the Darwin rural area in the Northern Territory.

A MAN has told police six replica firearms allegedly found in his car were a Christmas present for his son.

Tweed Heads police stopped the man on Leisure Drive, Tweed Heads, for a random breath test at 1.45am Sunday morning.

After a number of questions, police believed they had cause to search the car and allegedly found Gel Blaster firearms.

The guns all resemble real weapons but can fire gel projectiles.

A Colt M4 Carbine rifle

The weapons allegedly found were:

* a Colt M4,

* Glock 18 Scar sub machine gun,

* STD water gun electric fire,

* an MP52 sub machine gun,

* MP7 crystal bullet gun

and a model M249 machine gun.

The man allegedly told police he had bought the guns as a Christmas present for his son from someone in Queensland.

Police also allegedly found .35g of cannabis.

The man was bailed to appear at Tweed Heads Local Court on February 11 next year.

Meanwhile, Tweed police have allegedly seized a number of replica weapons from a man allegedly caught speeding on the M1 at Tweed Heads.

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The Tweed-Byron highway patrol stopped the driver of a car travelling south at 2.40am on December 22 after he was allegedly caught speeding above 100km/h.

Officers called the Tweed-Byron Target Action Group to search the car.

It is alleged they found:

* a replica M4 rifle capable of firing air soft rounds,

* a replica M92F pistol capable of firing ball bearings

* a spent Luger 9mm bullet casing.

The man was arrested and charged with possessing unauthorised prohibited

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The man was bail refused until January 7, 2019.