A 25-year-old Banks man is being charged over the possession of an offensive weapon after police seized a BB pellet gun that had been modified to look like a firearm.
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Police said they received a report that a man driving a green Holden Frontera in Phillip was in possession of a firearm about 1.20pm on Tuesday.
Modified BB pellet gun seized in Banks on July 7, 2015. Photo: ACT Policing
Police pulled the man's car over while driving on Pockett Street in Banks and later seized a BB pellet gun, which they said had been modified to look like a firearm, at a house in the same suburb.
The man will be summonsed to face the ACT Magistrates Court at a later date.
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