No bail for bus passenger reportedly caught with loaded pistol

Steve Armstrong

Steve Armstrong, an excavator operator who police say was caught with a loaded pistol after they intercepted a bus in which he was travelling, was yesterday remanded to prison by a city court on two charges.

Armstrong is charged with having in his possession a .32 pistol on February 2nd at Lombard Street, without being the holder of a firearm licence.

He is also charged with having nine live .32 rounds in his possession on the same date and at the same location.

The 24-year-old pleaded