Man to front NSW court over weapons cache

A man has been arrested in Sydney's west and charged with possessing multiple illegal firearms and ammunition.

A 27-year-old man is expected to face court over multiple weapons offences after police uncovered an arsenal of illegal firearms and ammunition in a western Sydney storage shed.

Police arrested the man on Friday after he allegedly ran from them earlier in the week, leaving a sawn-off shotgun behind in his car. He hid in a shed at a Willmot property for several hours before handing himself over.

A day earlier, police had searched a storage shed in St Mary's, seizing four unregistered shotguns, a rifle, scopes and a high powered electronic control device.

The man is expected to face Parramatta Bail Court on Saturday.


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