This wasn't the only weapon found on Jaydan Waihaki Nuku when he tried to get through a Border checkpoint.

The 27-year-old, who now lives at Griffith, also had a butterfly knife, a studded mace, a tomahawk and a folding knife.

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He fronted Albury Local Court this week for sentence on several charges related to his arrest at the COVID-19 border checkpoint in Wodonga Place, South Albury, on September 18.

Magistrate Miranda Moody handed Nuku an aggregate jail term of 12 months.

But she did not order that this be served by way of full-time custody, instead placing Nuku on an intensive corrections order.

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Nuku previously pleaded guilty to charges including not provide or give false information at a COVID-19 border checkpoint, custody of an offensive weapon in a public place and possess an unauthorised pistol.

The weapons were uncovered by police when Nuku lied in an attempt to get through the checkpoint into NSW.

Nuku's blue Ford Focus was pulled over that day about 8.30am.

He handed over a permit, for "child access and child arrangement", that named two dependents.

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Nuku's explanation was that he had taken his two children to a Wodonga address and was returning to Griffith.

Police then directed Nuku to a secondary checkpoint in Ebden Street.

During further checks, he gave police names different to the two children listed on the permit.

Nuku also couldn't remember their dates of birth, though said they were aged five and three.

Police became even more suspicious when they noticed there were no child seats in the back of the car.

Nuku also showed increasingly nervous behaviour, including "fidgeting with his clothing and crotch".

Police then found the weapons, including the imitation "Glock 17" pistol and the mace, which had fixed screws at the end.

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