By Staff Reporter
A Caroline Springs man has been arrested after police allegedly found a firearm and drugs in his car in the early hours of Tuesday.
Northcote police were out on patrol in Reservoir when they noticed the car’s occupants, a 32-year-old Caroline Springs man and a 23-year-old Kilmore man, acting suspiciously at the intersection of High and Church streets about 1.40am.
Police pulled over, and searched, the car before allegedly finding a sawn-off loaded shotgun, amphetamines, cannabis and prescription medication.
The duo are expected to be charged with possessing a handgun, two counts of drug possession and two counts of drug trafficking.
The Kilmore man is also expected to be charged with trafficking prescription medication.
