A MAN was arrested at Stirling Station after a commuter reported they saw them carrying a firearm.
The commuter called Crime Stoppers on Wednesday at about 6.40pm after seeing what they believed was a gun in a passenger’s bag while travelling on a train from Warwick to Stirling.
Public Transport Authority staff stopped the man after he alighted at Stirling because he did not have a valid ticket.
They discovered he was the subject of an outstanding warrant for disorderly conduct and received the report about the suspected firearm.
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The 27-year-old man, from Clarkson, was charged with possessing a controlled weapon after he told officers he carried the toy firearm for self-protection.