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Police dog Quincy has sniffed out a secret cache of firearms near Mareeba during the execution of a search warrant following an alleged kidnapping and torture last weekend.
Thousands of rounds of ammunition, drugs and jewellery were also uncovered.
The property on Chettle Road at Arriga was searched after a 28 year-old man turned up at Atherton hospital on Sunday for injuries sustained in an alleged assault.
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Police say he went to the property to meet with a man known to him and was approached by the 27 year-old and a 37 year-old man armed with rifles.
The man was allegedly forced into a vehicle by the pair and tied up before being hit in the head with a rifle.
Detective Inspector Jason Chetham said the man’s wallet was taken and his car damaged before he was freed.
"He was tied up and he was assaulted and a shot was fired, we will be alleging," he said.
A subsequent search of the area by PD Quincy led officers to a hidden bunker beneath a haystack.
The hatch contained 27 firearms along with multiple boxes of ammunition, jewellery, watches, cannabis, methylamphetamine and property belonging to the victim.
"It was well constructed, it was underground," Det Insp Chetham said.
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"The initial search by detectives didn't locate the bunker but certainly once we were able to get Quincy up there he made short work of it."
Two men have been taken into custody.
The 27-year-old Arriga man has been charged with one count each of armed robbery, deprivation of liberty, torture, assault occasioning bodily harm, wilful damage and two counts possession of dangerous drugs.
A 37-year-old man has been charged with two counts of acts intended to cause grievous bodily harm and one count each of armed robbery, deprivation of liberty, torture, assault occasioning bodily harm, unlawful possession of a weapon, threatening violence with a firearm and wilful damage.
Both have been remanded in custody to reappear in Mareeba Magistrates Court in November.
Investigations are continuing.
Main points
- PD Quincy uncovered a hatch hidden beneath a haystack on an Arriga property
- 27 rifles, along with thousands of rounds of ammunition were in the bunker, while drugs and stolen goods were also found
- The property was searched following the alleged kidnap and assult of a man on Sunday
