Police seize drugs and gun at Brinkley

SA Police have arrested a ban after allegedly finding cannabis plants and a rifle at his rural property.

Police seize drugs and gun at Brinkley
Police allegedly found these cannabis plants and this rifle at a Brinkley property on Monday. Photos: SA Police.

Police have charged a Brinkley man with drug and firearms offences after visiting his property on Australia Day.

Officers went to see the 35-year-old man around 9pm after being tipped off about an allegedly unregistered gun in his possession.

They searched his property and confiscated a .22 rifle, ammunition and three cannabis plants.

The man was denied bail and faced a preliminary hearing at Murray Bridge Magistrates Court on Tuesday, on charges of possessing the firearm and insecure ammo, cultivating cannabis and possessing prescribed drug equipment.

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