• News
  • Film and TV
  • Music
  • Tech
  • Features
  • Celebrity
  • Politics
  • Weird
  • Community
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
TikTok
YouTube
Submit Your Content
Police discover man's underground gun bunker under his sofa

Home> News

Published 12:04 16 Feb 2023 GMT

Police discover man's underground gun bunker under his sofa

Officers unearthed a bunker, an underground shooting range and an arsenal of high-powered firearms after pulling a hydraulic arm

Jake Massey

Jake Massey

Police in Australia unearthed an underground gun bunker hidden underneath a man's sofa.

Western Australia Police discovered the bunker in a property in High Wycombe, Perth, last year following a tip off.

Check out what officers found here:

Police searched boxing promoter David 'Ice Man' Letizia's home, and pulled a hydraulic lever which lifted an unassuming sofa into the air.

From there, a staircase led to an underground bunker containing an arsenal of high-powered weapons and even a shooting range.

Advert

There was also a workbench for Letizia to work on his weapons, suppressors for his guns, and body armour.

The bunker stored a variety of different calibre bullets, including boxes of 50-calibre rounds for one of his rifles.

There was more than just a biscuit hidden under his sofa.
WA Police

Letizi was charged with possession of unlicensed ammunition, possession of unlicensed firearm, possession of bulletproof clothing and inadequate storage of ammunition at home. He was fined $3,200 AUD ($2,213/£1,835), according to news.co.au.

Advert

He will also face court later this year charged with illegally building the bunker without the approval of the local council.

The bust came shortly before the biggest shake-up of Western Australia's gun laws in 50 years, and police minister Paul Papalia said the state's current laws meant Letizia escaped serious penalties.

There was also a shooting range in the underground bunker.
WA Police

"The Western Australian Police Force recently seized an arsenal of very high-powered firearms being incorrectly stored in a secret underground bunker, hidden beneath a storage unit in suburban Perth," he said, according to WAtoday.

Advert

"Unbelievably, the worst offence this individual has allegedly committed is failing to apply to the local council for approval to build the bunker and underground shooting range.

"This person was a licensed firearms owner. Most of the weapons down there were licensed.

"Why he needed that many high-powered rifles in a secret underground shooting range is beyond me."

Speaking to 7News, he reiterated that the case highlighted the need for gun law reform in the state.

Advert

David 'Ice Man' Letizia (pictured) was fined AUD $3,200.
WA Police

"Our laws are outdated," he said. "They allow some very high-powered firearms that really are designed for shooting rhinos or penetrating armour plating.

"There's no justifiable reason for them in our state. That's why we're going to ban them."

He added that the force 'make no apologies' for forcing 'a complete rewrite of the firearms act'.

Advert

"It will be modernised and just about every element of firearms ownership and use will be addressed," he said.

Featured Image Credit: Western Australia Police

Topics: Australia, Crime

Jake Massey
Jake Massey

Jake Massey is a journalist at LADbible. He graduated from Newcastle University, where he learnt a bit about media and a lot about living without heating. After spending a few years in Australia and New Zealand, Jake secured a role at an obscure radio station in Norwich, inadvertently becoming a real-life Alan Partridge in the process. From there, Jake became a reporter at the Eastern Daily Press. Jake enjoys playing football, listening to music and writing about himself in the third person.

X

@jakesmassey

Advert

Advert

Advert

  • Father has shocking response when asked whether the man who killed his 3 kids should still be in jail
  • Group of squatters take over dead man's home and live with his mummified body inside for weeks
  • Police issue disturbing update on case of reality TV star charged with murder after discovery of boyfriend's decapitated body
  • Police find disturbing sketch in bedroom of teen who murdered his girlfriend

Choose your content:

27 mins ago
an hour ago
2 hours ago
  • 27 mins ago

    Truth behind controversial new weight loss jab 'Reta' that's said to be 3 times stronger than Ozempic

    The new weight loss drug is yet to be approved for use

    News
  • an hour ago

    Millie Bobby Brown revealed what she thinks of adoption as she welcomes first child with Jake Bongiovi

    Millie Bobby Brown stunned many when she announced she had welcomed her first kid

    Celebrity
  • an hour ago

    Scientists break down all the things people who live to 100 have in common

    People who live to 100 all have something in common

    News
  • 2 hours ago

    Kirsten Dunst shares the correct way to say her name that's been mispronounced for years

    "Everyone messes up my name, so I give up, I don't care," revealed the Spider-Man actress in an interview

    Celebrity