Victoria Police officers seized two replica firearms from an individual at Beacon Hill Park after being called to the area for an unrelated weapon sighting.
In a statement released Thursday afternoon, the police department said they were called to the Cook Street side of the park at around 9 a.m. this morning for reports that a man had been seen loading a firearm.
“There was a significant time delay in the initial report reaching officers as the person who first spotted the man with the firearm called a staff member at their place of employment,” says VicPD.
“The staff at the place of employment called police. Officers searched the park, but did not locate the man in the park.”
However over the course of their search, officers came across another man near a 12-foot utility trailer that was parked on the grass in the park.
While talking to the man, police spotted a gun case inside the trailer and asked the man about it. When asked about the contents of the case, the man told police that it contained replica firearms.
Police say this man had court-ordered conditions not to possess weapons, so officers seized the replica firearms for destruction.
The search for the man that officers were originally called to look for remains underway.
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