A 41-year-old man has been arrested and hit with greater than a dozen fees after allegedly getting into a Wheatbelt pub armed with a rifle, threatening workers and discharging it.
WA Police declare the person entered the 130-year-old Mogumber Hub tavern on Bindoon-Moora Highway on Friday night time, located about 120 kilometres north of Perth.
The incident occurred in Mogumber, about 120 kilometres north of Perth.
It was there that the person allegedly threatened three workers members earlier than discharging the firearm.
Police say the person threatened and assaulted one other workers member who had tried to intervene earlier than leaving the premises.
The incident triggered a significant police operation involving Gingin Police, Northam Detectives, Police Air Wing and the Tactical Response Group, who tracked down the person at a property in New Norcia.
The 41-year-old is ready to seem in Northbridge Magistrates Court docket on Saturday afternoon on 17 fees, together with three counts of threatening to kill, three counts of deprivation of liberty and 4 counts of pointing a firearm at one other individual.
He’s additionally accused of aggravated housebreaking, frequent assault, discharging a firearm and legal harm.
The tiny Wheatbelt city, located about 120 kilometres north of Perth, had a inhabitants of lower than 60 on the final Census in 2021.
The venue posted a message on social media on Saturday morning, advising the venue would stay closed till additional discover.
