Two men found with fake guns, including one who allegedly used an imitation Glock to threaten Western Sydney shoppers, have been arrested.
Armed with the replica handgun, 20-year-old Emmanuel Saatoese took to the Westfield shopping centre in Mount Druitt around 4.15pm on Monday.
The Willmot man had been trying to intervene in a fight between two women when he struck one in the head and pointed the fake gun at her, police say.
He was arrested a short time later and charged with seven offences, including entering a building with a firearm or imitation firearm, carrying a firearm in a manner likely to injure, possessing an unauthorised pistol in a public place, and arming himself with a weapon intending to intimidate.
NSW Police later arrested another 20-year-old, Jeremiah Yap, and searched his home where they found a replica black Beretta handgun in his bedroom.
The Ropes Crossing man has been charged with four offences, including owning an unauthorised imitation pistol, failing to safely store the firearm, and supplying the unregistered Glock.
Saatoese and Yap were also charged with possessing a prohibited drug after being discovered with a joint and several grams of cannabis leaf.
Both men did not apply for bail when they appeared at Mount Druitt Local Court on Tuesday.
They will next appear before the courts on August 23 after their matters have been handed to the NSW Director of Public Prosecutions.
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