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Police Seize Rifles and Molly During Raid of Crown Heights Apartment

By Trevor Kapp | April 11, 2016 10:26am
 Police raided a Crown Heights apartment and seized guns and drugs Saturday morning.
Police raided a Crown Heights apartment and seized guns and drugs Saturday morning.
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CROWN HEIGHTS — Police raided a Pacific Street apartment building over the weekend and seized ecstasy and several rifles.

The Anti-Crime Unit officers, assigned to the 77th precinct, executed a search warrant of a known drug dealer inside 1798 Pacific St., near Rochester Avenue, about 6:10 a.m. Saturday, police said.

When they arrived, they found Joseph Candelaria, 43, inside the apartment and arrested him without incident, the NYPD said.

Police said they recovered a Mossenberg rifle, a Winchester rifle, a Stevens rifle, a Cobra .380-caliber firearm and 10 grams of a synthetic methamphetamine known as Molly, in addition to marijuana.

Candelaria was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance, criminal possession of a weapon and unlawful possession of marijuana.