The man, who had been convicted of several serious crimes in the past, including serious gun crime and assault in court, kept a very large arsenal of weapons in his home.
The prosecutor considers the case to be extremely serious because the possession of 13 firearms, several of which were judged to be particularly dangerous, was found in a criminal environment.
The weapons cache contained, among other things, a military machine gun, a military AK5, a cut-off shotgun, a tear gas pistol, a crossbow and about 3,500 cartridges.
All without the man having permission for it.
Shot with a sawn-off shotgun
The incident that led to the large seizure occurred in October last year when the suspect, who is 45 years old, is said to have fired at least one shot with a sawn-off shotgun at a parked car in the Nordmaling area.
For that, he is also charged with aggravated unlawful threats, vandalism and aggravated weapon crime.
- It was during a house search in his home after what the police found a large number of weapons.
I have chosen to prosecute for extremely serious gun crime due to the type of weapon that was found, including a machine gun, an AK5 and several small arms.
The man has admitted certain circumstances in questioning and I expect a conviction for the extremely serious gun crime, says Andreas Nyberg.
The penalty for that crime is imprisonment between 4 and 7 years.
The man is also charged with having produced 80 liters of alcohol and drug offenses for having grown cannabis at home.