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.

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 snake owner’s two sons went to the house looking for the reptiles on the morning of February 26, and his frightened partner call