A 42-year-old man allegedly found with 10 homemade explosives inside his High Wycombe home says he was using them for pest control.
Karl Davey’s house was raided on Thursday after he was no longer deemed a fit and proper person to hold a firearms’ licence, but failed to surrender his weapons to police.
WA Police claim, during the search, they uncovered the dangerous devices, made from batteries, nangs, gunpowder, and repellents, as well as improperly stored firearms, a large amount of ammunition and a Taser.
Davey’s lawyer said he was dropping the explosives down rabbit warrens at a farm for pest control purposes.
After refusing to give WA Police access to his mobile phone and computers, Magistrate Gavin MacLean yesterday refused Davey bail.
“His refusal to provide access is part of the overall complexion that gives me concerns that there may be something going on here,” he said.
MacLean said he wasn’t sure if the items found in the house were “some sort of McGyer-like situation gone wrong”, or “something more sinister”.
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