Police officers on patrol arrested the 19-year-old man in Hobart's CBD after an alleged theft from a business, and found the 19-year-old with a loaded homemade gun.
A teenager arrested in Hobart's CBD over alleged thefts was carrying a loaded homemade gun, police say.
Police searched the man, who was from Devonport in Tasmania's north-west, and allegedly found a homemade gun along with ammunition, the stolen items and cannabis. "Our community deserves to feel safe at home, out in public and in their workplaces," he said in a statement.
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