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FBI Director’s Gift of a 3D-Printed Replica Pistol to Australian Police Destroyed by New Commissioner
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FBI Director’s Gift of a 3D-Printed Replica Pistol to Australian Police Destroyed by New Commissioner
Kash Patel gave a replica pistol to Australian Federal Police commissioner Reece Kershaw during a July 2025 visit, but commissioner Krissy Barrett ordered its destruction within months.
- Patel presented the 3D-printed imitation pistol to AFP commissioner Reece Kershaw during the FBI director’s trip to Australia and New Zealand in July 2025.
- The pistol was displayed in Kershaw’s office, according to internal AFP emails and text messages released under freedom of information laws.
- AFP commissioner Krissy Barrett ordered the destruction of the gift in October 2025 after the AFP’s forensic firearms team verified it as an inoperable imitation pistol.
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