Sydney man found carrying machine gun: police

A man has been charged after he was found with a fully automatic sub-machine gun in his bag in Sydney's innerwest suburb of Marrickville.

NSW police

(NSW Police, Twitter) Source: NSW Police

A man has been charged after he was caught with a machine gun in his bag in Sydney's innerwest.

The 41-year-old man was nabbed by waiting officers in Marrickville when he got out of a taxi in the early hours of Wednesday. He was carrying a Thompson fully automatic sub-machine gun, a clip and 15 shotgun shells in his bag, police said.

The man was charged and refused bail to appear in Newtown local court on Thursday.


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