Bathurst man Tristan Leonard arrested over bomb pipes, ‘terrorist handbook’ and 50 stolen snakes allegedly found in his house

It was in an unassuming two-bedroom brick house that NSW investigators allegedly made the bizarre discovery.

A raft of weapons, including material for a homemade bomb, replica guns and 11 knives, were uncovered throughout the Bathurst house, court documents allege, alongside the Adolf Hitler manifesto Mein Kampf , and other publications called The Terrorist Handbook , Home Workshop Explosives and Silent Death . In one bedroom, police also found 50 snakes kept in plastic storage containers.

Dozens of snakes allegedly found hidden in plastic containers inside a room of the Bathurst house Credit: NSW Supreme court

Tristan Leonard, 21, is accused of owning the weapons and extremist material, as well as stealing the snakes from his friend’s father.

Leonard was arrested after the