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Thai stun guns posted to outback Qld mine

An illegal shipment of stun guns from Thailand were sent to a mine in outback Queensland.

Illegal stun guns from Thailand have been imported into Australia via an outback Queensland mine.

The shipment was addressed to a post office box registered to a Roma-based mining company, west of Brisbane.

A 41-year-old Gold Coast man has been charged with buying the weapons, which only police are authorised to use.

Eight stun guns, disguised as torches, were allegedly found in the man's room on the mine site.

Customs and Queensland police found 42 weapons.

The man will appear in Roma Magistrates Court in early May on two weapons-related offences.


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