Guns and Drugs Found in Search of Brooklyn Apartment: NYPD

Police officers found guns and drugs at a home in Brooklyn as they served a search warrant there, authorities say.

Police searched a home on Pacific Street in Crown Heights early Saturday morning. They were looking for Joseph Candelaria, 43, who is suspected of selling drugs and possessing firearms.

Candelaria was arrested. As police searched the home they allegedly found the drugs and guns they were looking for. 

Among the guns was a Mossenberg rifle, a Winchester rifle, a Stevens rifle, an imitation rifle, and a Cobra .380, according to police.

Ten grams of ecstasy and a small amount of marijuana was also found at the apartment, police say.

Candelaria faces a number of charges, including possession of a weapon and possession of a controlled substance.

It wasn’t immediately clear if he has an attorney.

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