A 50-year-old man has been arrested and a woman charged with firearm offences after an incident in Adelaide’s western suburbs this morning. 

Key points:

  • STAR Group officers were called to a home in West Lakes
  • A 50-year-old man from Woodville North was arrested
  • A 50-year-old woman from the address was charged with firearm offences

Police were called to a home in West Lakes about 7:45am, after witnesses reported seeing a man holding a firearm on a residential street. 

STAR Group officers were called in, before the home was cordoned off from the public.

The officers entered the home and arrested the man without incident. 

A firearm was located and seized by police. 

Police have charged a 50-year-old woman with possessing a firearm without a licence.

The man was taken to hospital but there were no reported injuries. 

He is expected to be charged at a later date.  

Police have urged any witnesses to come forward. 

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