A teenage boy has been charged after a loaded firearm and ammunition was seized during a motorcycle stop in Narrabri at the weekend.

Officers attached to Traffic and Highway Patrol Command were conducting a vehicle stop in Narrabri at about 8.15pm on Saturday when they observed a motorbike being ridden by a male which appeared to be bogged in an embankment along Cooma Road.

Police attended and spoke to the boy – aged 16 – who was allegedly not wearing a helmet.

During a search of the teenager, officers located a homemade firearm which was loaded with a single round of .22-calibre ammunition, a case containing 30 rounds of .22-calibre ammunition and 345 slug-gun pellets.

The teen was arrested and taken to Narrabri Police Station, where he was charged with possess ammunition without holding licence/permit/authority (two counts).

He was also charged with possess loaded firearm public place and possess unauthorised firearm; and possess unregistered firearm in public place.

The boy was granted strict conditional bail to appear before a children’s court on July 28, 2026.