A MAN accused of supplying a stolen gun in Armidale has fronted court for the first time.
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Oliver Patrick Wheatley is facing two charges of giving a stolen firearm to someone without authority and supplying ammunition.
Detectives allege the 21-year-old supplied a stolen double-barrel sawn-off shotgun in Armidale in 2016 as well as ammunition.
The shotgun, which had been reported stolen from an Armidale property earlier that year, was recovered by police when they raided a Kennedy St home in 2016.
Wheatley was not required to enter pleas to the charges in Armidale Local Court before Magistrate Michael Holmes adjourned the case.
Wheatley, who now lives in Newcastle, was arrested by investigators from Strike Force Jinglemoney in April.
He remains on bail.
Strike Force Jinglemoney was launched in 2016 by New England detectives in conjunction with police from the State Crime Command to investigate firearms offences in the Armidale area.
Breanna Chillingworth
Northern Daily Leader Senior Crime and Court Reporter
Northern Daily Leader Senior Crime and Court Reporter
