A man has been charged after he was arrested at Lake Macquarie for allegedly making online threats against the state's police minister David Elliott.
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Detectives from the Fixated Persons Investigation Unit began inquiries on Sunday after reports that a 49-year-old man had received threatening messages.
Investigators searched a Belmont home about 3.30pm on Monday, where they allegedly seized cannabis, medications without prescriptions, two gel blasters and ammunition.
The items will be forensically examined.
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Police arrested a 25-year-old man and took him to Belmont Police Station where he was charged with using a carriage service to threaten to kill; possessing a prohibited drug; possessing a prescribed restricted substance; possessing an unauthorised firearm; and possessing an unauthorised prohibited firearm.
The man was granted strict conditional bail and is due to appear at Belmont Local Court on July 20.
