Disqualified driver arrested after being found slumped in car with illegal items in Summer Hill, Sydney

A disqualified driver has been found slumped in a car with illegal items and has since been arrested.

The 34-year-old Summer Hill man was spotted by a passerby in a car with its engine running for an hour on Bogan St in the Sydney inner west suburb of Summer Hill on Wednesday morning.

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Emergency services arrived about 10am and removed the man from the vehicle.

Upon spotting items commonly associated with drug use inside the car, police searched further, uncovering a sawn-off .22 rifle, ammunition, a balaclava, gloves, and cannabis.

Further checks revealed the man had been disqualified from driving until June 2027.

He was taken to Burwood Police Station as investigations continue.