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A police search of a Bucasia address allegedly uncovered seven stolen firearms, including three pistols and four rifles. Photo source: Queensland Police Service
Residents have been left in disbelief and shock after two separate shooting incidents rocked Mackay's Northern Beaches, prompting a major police investigation and multiple arrests.
Queensland Police have charged four people following investigations into two shootings that occurred on July 8.
Around 2.10am, police were called to reports of shots being fired outside a licensed premises on Andergrove Road, Andergrove. It will be alleged four people drove to the location before firing several shots at an unoccupied parked vehicle.
As part of the investigation, police executed a search warrant at a Bucasia address on July 9, where officers allegedly located and seized seven stolen firearms, including three pistols and four rifles.
A 25-year-old South Mackay man has been charged with three counts of possessing dangerous drugs and one count each of possession of weapons and authority required to possess explosives.
A 26-year-old Beaconsfield man has been charged with two counts of possessing dangerous drugs and one count each of possessing dangerous drugs, contravening an order about information necessary to access information stored electronically, unlawful possession of weapons, authority required to possess explosives, and possessing tainted property.
Both men were due to appear before Mackay Magistrates Court on July 10.
A 19-year-old North Mackay woman has been charged with two counts of possessing dangerous drugs and one count each of possessing dangerous drugs and unlawful possession of weapons.
A 31-year-old North Mackay man has been charged with two counts each of possessing dangerous drugs and possessing utensils, along with one count each of unlawful possession of weapons, producing dangerous drugs, possessing property suspected of having been used in connection with the commission of a drug offence, and authority required to possess explosives.
They are due to appear before Mackay Magistrates Court on July 27.
Police are also continuing to investigate a separate incident reported about 2.40am on July 8, when residents reported gunshots being fired at a Denman Avenue residence in Shoal Point. The occupants were not physically injured.
Investigations into both incidents remain ongoing, including whether they are linked.
Police say there is no ongoing threat to the general public and are urging anyone with relevant information or CCTV or dashcam footage to come forward.
Reference numbers: QP2601321346, QP2601319882
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