Police have raided the home of X-Factor winner Altiyan Childs, seizing guns and drugs and arresting his manager, Steve Gold.
The Daily Telegraph reports Childs lived at the home with seven other people, but moved out a day before last week’s raid.
However, Altiyan Child's father made Facebook comments suggesting the singer moved out of the house a week before arrest.
Gold has been charged with eight illegal weapon offences and appeared in court on Monday.
Among items taken from the property were two .22 calibre rifles, a taser, semi-automatic pellet gun, 500g of cannabis and "a large amount of chemical equipment" in a backyard shed which was used to manufacture "large quantities of prohibited drugs", reports the Telegraph.
Childs and Gold’s relationship had reportedly soured recently due to money issues.
Gold’s solicitor Jim Nikopoulos told the court the police case was weak and that 15 people regularly live or drop in and out of the house. No plea was entered.
Childs has not been charged.
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