A man caught hiding an arsenal of high-powered firearms, including assault rifles and a shotgun, beneath his bedroom floor has been sentenced on a 15-year starting point per weapon, with the court highlighting the unprecedented scale of the offences.

After the court factored in his early guilty plea, time already spent on remand and the delay on the sentences, which are to run concurrently, Juan Juist Gerlado Clement is now left with almost seven more years to serve for having, on April 21, 2018, a 12-gauge semi-automatic shotgun, two AK-47 automatic rifles, and a .223 calibre semi-automatic rifle without valid licences.

Clement also admitted to having five rounds of ammunition and being in possession of and trafficking 208.49 grammes of cannabis and cultivating a cannabis plant.