An alleged drug dealer has been charged with owning what police believe could be a replica gun that looks like a mobile phone, as they try to work out whether it can be used as a firearm.
Key points:
- Police made the discovery after searching a home in Perth's south
- They seized cash, weapons and a large quantity of drugs
- Two people have been charged over the incident
WA Police searched a house on Cassinia Street in Baldvis, south of Perth, earlier this month.
They seized a range of items, including more than $100,000 cash, live ammunition, flick knives and drug paraphernalia.
Among the items was the mobile phone which police said can be folded to appears as a replica firearm.
Police said ballistic testing, which studies the performance of a firearm, is underway to determine whether it can be operated as a gun.
On Saturday, a 31-year-old man was arrested at a shopping centre in Mandurah.
He was charged with a string of drug and weapon offences, including one count of being an unlicensed person possessing a firearm.
He was refused bail and is due to appear in the Perth Magistrates Court on Friday.
On the same day as the first search, police searched another home on Bellingham Parade in Wellard, where they located an alleged drug distribution station in the garage.
Police seized more than 1kg of cocaine and more than 160 grams of MDMA.
A 25-year-old woman was charged with two counts of possessing prohibited drugs with the intention to sell or supply.
She appeared in Rockingham Magistrates Court on Monday.