BROOKLYN — A grenade launcher found in a Bushwick apartment during a drug raid was inoperable, an NYPD spokesman said.
Police arrested Juan Garcia, 41, at about 4:15 a.m. Friday after an anonymous tip about drugs and guns in his apartment at 846 Knickerbocker Ave. Investigators found drug paraphernalia, brass knuckles and the inert grenade launcher, according to the NYPD.
A tweet from the 83rd Precinct initially descried the launcher as a "WMD," but the launcher can only be used once and police found it had already been fired.
#83pct TY#40pct your diligence in following up on intel led 2 the recovery of a WMD. TY for making bushwick safe! pic.twitter.com/AkmJPvYNpH
— NYPD 83rd Precinct (@NYPD83Pct) January 16, 2015
Garcia was charged with criminal possession of drug paraphernalia and criminal possession of a weapon.
He was expected to be arraigned in Brooklyn criminal court Friday evening.
