Jack Van Tongeren has been charged with one count of possessing a firearm, four counts of possessing unlicensed ammunition and two counts of possessing an unlicensed firearm.

From the Oz:

Racist fugitive ‘found with three guns’
By Paige Taylor
April 06, 2006

WHITE supremacist leader Jack van Tongeren and his sidekick were allegedly found with three rifles when police ended their six-week stint on the run.

The 58-year-old founder of the Australian Nationalists Movement was downcast yesterday during a brief appearance in Perth Magistrates Court with his co-accused, 22-year-old Matthew Billing.

Mr van Tongeren, a Vietnam veteran, had been living rough with Mr Billing at a campsite near the mining town of Boddington, 130km southeast of Perth, when tactical response group officers pounced on Tuesday night.

The pair’s campsite contained rations, binoculars and night-vision goggles and they had a shopping list with food items written on it.

Their arrest at a house in Boddington ended a nationwide manhunt and was yesterday welcomed by West Australian Attorney-General Jim McGinty. “The whole community can breathe a sigh of relief,” he said.

The men went to ground on February 20 while on bail on various charges of criminal damage and conspiring to firebomb Chinese restaurants.

They were not required to plead to any charges yesterday and were remanded in custody until June 20.
Outside court, Mr van Tongeren’s lawyer, Geoffrey Vickridge, said his client was “tired and shell shocked”.

“I am pleased that he is alive, he is well,” Mr Vickridge said.

During their search for the pair, police raided three properties around Gingin, 87km north of Perth, and Bindoon, 84km north of Perth.

While on the run, Mr van Tongeren wrote a four-page letter to The Australian saying he was innocent and that he feared police would try to kill him.

Mr van Tongeren, Mr Billing, and a third co-accused, John van Blitterswyk, had been due to stand trial in the Perth Supreme Court on March 20 over an alleged plot to firebomb four Chinese restaurants in 2004. All have denied the charges.

Mr van Tongeren’s failure to appear in court means his 78-year-old mother Stella will almost certainly lose the $30,000 surety she provided.

Similarly, Mr Billing’s failure to turn up at court means his parents will likely lose $10,000.

Mr Billing’s mother, Julie, said yesterday her son was sorry when she spoke to him on the telephone.

“He said I should just go far away (to avoid paying the $10,000) and I said, ‘Well, that didn’t work for you dear, did it?’ … Will he ever learn?” she said.