A pistol, ammunition and a glass drug pipe were allegedly found after police stopped a stolen car in Tamar Street last night.

Highway Patrol officers pulled over the Mazda hatchback at about 9.45pm on Tuesday after a number plate check showed it had been listed as stolen in Queensland.

Police say after the car stopped the passenger jumped from the vehicle and started running  along Tamar Street.

The 29-year-old man was arrested a short time later.

During a search of the man and a bag he had allegedly dropped, officers say they found a firearm, ammunition and a glass pipe.

The vehicle’s driver, a woman, 33, was also arrested and both were taken to Ballina Police Station.

The man was charged with six firearm and drug-related offences, including allegedly possessing an unauthorised prohibited firearm, possessing a shortened firearm without authority, failing to keep a prohibited firearm safely and possessing ammunition without a licence or authority.

Police also executed four outstanding warrants against the man relating to alleged domestic violence offences.

The woman was charged with taking and driving a vehicle without the owner’s consent and breaching bail.

Both were refused bail and were due to appear in court today.

Above: The allegedly stolen car on Tamar Street.  Main photo: The firearm police say was found inside the vehicle (Photos: NSW Police)