Two extraordinary handguns allegedly designed to fold up and resemble smartphones have been seized during a police raid north of Brisbane.
The weapons were among four firearms uncovered when officers searched a property at Deception Bay earlier this month.
Images of the bizarre guns show just how easily the weapons could potentially be mistaken for an iPhone at a distance.
Queensland Police confirmed officers from the Moreton Tactical Crime Squad, supported by the Public Safety Response Team and Dog Squad, executed a search warrant at a Cross Street address shortly after 5pm on August 2.
Inside, police discovered two handguns allegedly designed to fold and resemble mobile phones.
Two other pistols and multiple rounds of ammunition were also seized.
Police also located quantities of methylamphetamine, GHB, cannabis and ketamine during the search.
A motorcycle allegedly stolen from Deception Bay sometime between February 20 and March 8 was also found at the property.
Four men have now been charged following the investigation.
A 37-year-old Deception Bay man was charged with two counts of possessing dangerous drugs and one count each of unlawful possession of a motor vehicle, unlawful possession of weapons, possessing relevant substances or things, possessing property suspected of having been acquired for the purpose of committing a drug offence, possessing utensils or pipes for use, and authority required to possess explosives.
A 52-year-old Rollingstone man was charged with one count of unlawful possession of weapons.
A 40-year-old Burpengary man was charged with one count each of possessing dangerous drugs and failing to properly dispose of a needle and syringe.
A 44-year-old Deception Bay man was charged with one count of buying or possessing S4 or S8 medicines or hazardous poisons.
All four men are due to face Caboolture Magistrates Court on August 31.
The extraordinary find not unprecedented in Australia. Just a few months ago in South Australia, police allegedly seized another handgun disguised as a mobile phone from a man in Whyalla.
In a separate case, detectives allegedly recovered a homemade “pen gun” after a 27-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to the leg at Christie Downs in Adelaide’s south.
NSW Police have previously investigated an alleged pen-gun manufacturing syndicate, seizing 14 of the improvised weapons during a 2014 operation in Sydney.
