Gold Coast man charged after allegedly trying to import $500,000 in heroin

A Gold Coast man has been arrested and charged after allegedly trying to import more than half a million dollars worth of heroin.

The 20-year-old was charged with 10 offences after police searched a Robina property and found a .22-caliber pistol with a silencer, a sawn-off .410 shotgun, ammunition, more than $42,000, MDMA and cocaine.

An investigation was launched after Australian Border Force officers in Sydney recently detected a kilogram of heroin, which had been sent through the international mail stream.

Police allege the man tried to import the heroin, which had an estimated street value of more than…