Crime & Safety

Assault Rifles And Shotguns Stockpiled In Flatbush Home: Cops

Police raided a Linden Boulevard home and found 18 assault rifles, 12 hand guns, two shot guns and ammo, the NYPD said Monday.

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Police raided a Flatbush home and found 18 assault rifles, 12 hand guns, two shot guns and ammo.
Police raided a Flatbush home and found 18 assault rifles, 12 hand guns, two shot guns and ammo. (NYPD | Twitter)

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK — Police found a hoard of assault rifles, shotguns and hand guns in a Linden Boulevard home, police said Monday.

Three men were arrested after police found 18 assault rifles, 12 hand guns, two shotguns, a rifle and one imitation gun inside a Linden Boulevard home near Bedford Avenue, according to a 67th precinct tweet and a New York Daily News report.

Mario Rosales, 40, his mother, Juliet Morales, 73, and Shiborn Morlaes, 38, were charged with criminal possession of a weapon, police told the Daily News.

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