Overview

• Officers visited about 70 addresses statewide and cancelled or suspended 44 firearm licences linked to identified sovereign-citizen adherents.
• Police said seven people were charged with 18 offences, including improper storage, unlawful ammunition possession and possessing prohibited accessories.
• WA Police have identified roughly 1,000 residents who profess sovereign-citizen beliefs, with about 70 of them licensed to own guns.
• A substantial portion of the intelligence came from responsible firearm owners, and the effort ran alongside routine compliance checks.
• Officials linked the enforcement to risk assessments triggered by the ongoing hunt for alleged killer Dezi Freeman after two Victoria Police officers were shot dead.