Bellarine Police have seized guns and drugs from a car at Drysdale.
One man is on remand in jail and another is on bail over the haul as investigators prepare to lay more charges, according to police .
Officers in a patrolling divisional van arrested the two Portarlington men with the long-arm firearms, methamphetamines, cannabis and prescription drugs last weekend, police said on social media.
The guns were allegedly unlicenced and the drugs were in a “trafficable quantity”, police said.
The officers intercepted the men in a white Holden Calais on Grubb Rd around 3.50pm Saturday.
“The vehicle was the subject of an incident earlier that morning where the occupants were believed to be in possession of unlicensed firearms while attending the Caltex service station in Drysdale,” police said.
“As a result of the intercept a 24-year-old male and a 22-year-old male … were taken into custody for a range of firearms and drug offences. Police were able to seize three long-arm firearms and ammunition from within the vehicle.”
The car also contained “bags containing a trafficable quantity of methamphetamine and … a trafficable quantity of cannabis, prescription medication and other drug paraphernalia”, police said.
The arrests led investigators to subsequently attend a Portarlington address where they seized another long-arm gun, police said.
The investigators expected to lay “further charges” against the guns’ owner.
“The 24 year-old-male was remanded in custody and charged with 12 offences against the Firearms and the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances acts.
The 22-year-old male was released on bail and charged with five offences against the same acts, police said.
