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South Western Division police have arrested a 14-year-old boy after allegedly finding him lying in a hammock with a loaded gun over the weekend.

Officers were on an exercise along Penal Rock Road, Penal, on April 13 when they searched a house and found the teenager with a pouch strapped across his shoulders.

Inside the pouch, officers reportedly found a Sig Sauer pistol and a magazine containing three rounds of 9mm ammunition.