Police in the Riverina region have charged a man with serious firearms offences after he was allegedly found in possession of prohibited firearms.

About 7am on Thursday (23 July 2015), police from Albury Local Area Command attended a property in Burrumbuttock, to speak with the occupant about an unrelated matter.

Whilst at the location, police conducted a safe storage of firearms inspection.

During the inspection police allegedly located two unregistered prohibited firearms, including a Ruger Mini 14 .223 and an Anschutz .22 Calibre Semi Automatic Rifle.

Detectives also observed offences relating to unsafe storage of ammunition and firearms.

The 52-year-old man was taken to Albury Police Station, where he was charged with two counts of possess unregistered firearm, two counts of unauthorised possession of prohibited firearm, two counts of use unregistered prohibited firearm, one count of not keep firearm safe and one count of not have approved safe storage.

He was granted conditional bail to appear at Albury Local Court on 18 August 2015.

The man’s firearms licence has been suspended and all 25 of his firearms have been seized.