Armed Crime Squad arrest Torquay man, 27, over Whittington shooting

A Torquay man has been arrested and six firearms allegedly seized, including a cache of 3D printed guns, as part of a raid into an alleged shooting in Geelong. WATCH THE VIDEO.

A Torquay man has been arrested and six firearms allegedly seized, including a cache of 3D printed guns, as part of a raid into an alleged shooting in Geelong.

Detectives executed a warrant on Tuesday and arrested a 27-year-old Torquay man in relation to an incident on March 22 that saw a 55-year-old Whittington man taken to hospital after being shot on Freesia Court.

Officers from the Armed Crime Squad, Illicit Firearms Squad and Torquay Crime Investigation Unit allegedly uncovered five 3D-printed firearms, a handgun, an imitation firearm, silencer, ammunition and drugs, including methylamphetamine, cannabis and 1,4-butanediol, at his Fischer Street home.

A 27-year-old man is arrested at a Fischer Street address in Torquay today in relation to an alleged shooting in Whittington on March 22. Photo: Victoria Police.

He was taken in handcuffs and will appear in the Geelong Magistrates Court on Wednesday on a string of charges including possess general category handgun and dispose of general category handgun in relation to the non-fatal Whittington shooting.

He will also face more than a dozen other firearm and drug related offences as a result of the warrant.

It comes after a 29-year-old Grovedale man was arrested on March 31 in relation to the same non-fatal shooting.

He was charged with 21 offences including aggravated burglary with firearm to assault and steal, attempted armed robbery, make threats to kill, intentionally causing serious injury and recklessly causing serious injury.

He will front the Geelong Magistrates Court on July 4.

Police at Freesia Court in Whittington after a shooting on March 22.

Originally published as Armed Crime Squad arrest Torquay man, 27, over Whittington shooting