A FORMER Bendigo woman has been remanded in custody after a police raid found two loaded sawn-off firearms.
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Cassandra Robins, 27, now of McGregors Road, Warrnambool, unsuccessfully applied for bail in the Warrnambool Magistrates Court on Monday and was remanded in custody until June 13.
She has been charged with four counts of possessing drugs of dependence, two of both possessing firearms and handling stolen goods and single offences of possessing GHB, possessing ice and being an unlicensed person possessing ammunition.
Jesse James, 24, of Ocean Grove, was also arrested in the same raid.
He did not apply for bail and was remanded in custody with magistrate Cynthia Toose noting custody management issues including withdrawal from ice and opiates.
Detective Constable Stuart Revell said officers executed a search warrant at a Warrnambool Ocean Grove address last Friday morning and found Ms Robins asleep on a couch.
There was a large amount of drug paraphernalia in the house indicating heavy drug use and possibly drug dealing.
A loaded sawn-off .22 calibre rifle was found under the couch where Ms Robins was sleeping.
There was also a variety of prescription medication, three shotgun shells and five rounds of .22 ammunition, a vial of GHB and a driver’s licence, bank card and passport which did not belong to Ms Robins or Mr James.
There was also a set of keys on a coffee table which fitted a Commodore sedan parked out the front of the home.
In the car were men's and women's clothes, electronics with Mr James' fingerprints and a loaded sawn-off single barrel shotgun.
At the Warrnambool police station Ms Robins was searched and five deal bags of ice, weighing a total of 3.5 grams, valued at about $3000, were found in her bra.
Detective Constable Revell said Ms Robins put the bags in her mouth and for some time refused to give them to police.
Police were able to trace the Warrnambool owner of the shotgun who did not realise the firearm had been stolen.
Solicitor Alex McCulloch said Ms Robins' instructions were that she heard her former boyfriend Mr James was having a tough time, she went to see him and fell asleep while waiting to be picked up.
He said there was no evidence linking her to the firearms and she was seeking help for her drug issues.
Mr McCulloch said Mr James had a significant criminal history and had recently spent 12 months in jail.
The magistrate questioned those instructions, asking why Ms Robins was asleep on a couch with a loaded firearm next to her and why would she be associating with someone who had a loaded shotgun.
Ms Toose said it was a very serious situation and Ms Robins faced extremely serious charges.
She refused bail saying a variety of drugs had been found as well as two loaded firearms in different places and the case had "sinister overtones".
Ms Toose said Ms Robins could have a raging drug habit, the accused was an unacceptable risk of offending again and was a danger to the safety of the community.