Police have charged a man after they recovered a sawn-off shotgun used in a Dunedin home invasion.
The Dunedin man has been charged with aggravated burglary after an incident on Thursday.
Police were called to Cockerell St, Brockville, following reports a man armed with a sawn-off firearm had entered a property demanding cash and drugs, Senior Sergeant Phil McDouall, of Dunedin, said.
The offender was later located, but not the weapon.
However, police located a firearm and other items that had been thrown out of a vehicle, and arrested the man yesterday afternoon.
More charges were likely, he said,John Nathan Boyd (34) was given a registrar's adjournment yesterday and remanded in custody until October 3.
