A SYDNEY man has been charged with firearm and illegal hunting offences after a hunting trip in the Riverina.
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About 9.30pm on August 20, Riverina Police District officers received reports of a vehicle spotlighting across agricultural land at Maragle near Tumbarumba.
Police responded and patrolled the area, finding the vehicle parked outside a residence at a rural property on Maragle Road.
Police attended the property and allegedly observed several duck and deer carcasses at the residence, as well as a rifle and ammunition inside the unattended vehicle.
Officers spoke with the residence's male occupant, aged 35, and seized the firearm and two rounds of ammunition because of inadequate storage.
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About 10.30am on Wednesday, police attended a home at Greenacre in Sydney's west and served the man with a court attendance notice.
His firearms licence was suspended and remaining firearms seized.
The man was charged with not keeping firearm safely and deal in or attempt to deal in protected animal.
He was granted conditional bail and set to appear in Tumbarumba Local Court on November 7.
Riverina Police District's Commander Superintendent David Noble said they will continue to crack down on illegal hunting.
"Every police officer in regional and rural areas is concerned with rural crime and illegal hunting - and we will prosecute offenders," he said.
"Don't come onto someone's property without permission. You are not welcome."
