Crime & Safety
Reckless Driving Investigation Leads to Seizure of Firearms
Police recovered four loaded firearms at a storage facility and later found 500 bags of heroine and $8,000 inside a vehicle.
Police obtained a warrant July 14 to search a storage facility located on Carlton Avenue in response to an investigation about reckless driving of an ATV on a public sidewalk and found more than they expected.
NYPD said today that officers recovered 14 ATVs and dirt bikes and four loaded firearms at the location.
A further investigation led to a warrant to search a vehicle found in the facility. Police recovered 500 glassine bags of heroin and $8,000 from a secret compartment found inside the vehicle.
Three suspects have been arrested, police said.
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