Gun used to shoot NSW cop found: police A police handgun used to shoot a policewoman in 2006 has been found during a drugs investigation. DETECTIVES have recovered a police handgun used to shoot a policewoman in Sydney's southwest seven years ago. Police arrested a 27-year-old man on Wednesday in Ryde following a covert investigation into illegal drug sales. Officers also raided his home on Rodd Street in Sefton, where they allegedly found a loaded police-issued Glock pistol, 42 rounds of ammunition and 16 grams of cocaine. They say the gun was the same one used to shoot a female constable in the chest at Wetherill Park Police Station in 2006. She recovered from her injuries, and police charged a man with shooting her, but the weapon was not found. The 27-year-old Sefton man has not been charged in connection with the 2006 shooting. He has been charged with possession of a prohibited pistol, dealing with the proceeds of crime and other firearms offences. He has been refused bail and is due to appear at Parramatta Local Court later on Saturday.