Bikie associate jailed six years for smuggling MAC-10 submachine gun
Bikie associate Michael Seymour was jailed six years for smuggling a MAC-10 submachine gun.
Michael Seymour, 41, of Wadalba, was arrested at a Central Coast checkpoint after driving to Queensland to pick up a MAC-10 submachine gun and bring it back. Police found the privately made gun, silencer and 150 rounds of ammunition in the car, along with 62 grams of cocaine.
Seymour and the buyer had agreed to split $5,000 profit. Judge Roy Ellis said the machine gun was one of the most serious items that could be transported.
Seymour also pleaded guilty to offering to supply more than two kilograms of heroin on encrypted messaging. His driver, Peter Raymond Withers, 60, received a 12-month community corrections order for cocaine supply.
Why it mattersThe case illustrates courts' tough stance on illegal firearms trafficking.
AustraliaIllegal machine guns crossing state lines pose serious public safety risks across Australia; bikie networks remain active in weapons trafficking.
