‘Packin’ party bus
14 nabbed on 'ride full of guns'
Cops stopped a party bus in Brooklyn early Friday and discovered it was a rolling arsenal — recovering eight loaded handguns and arresting 14 people, including three juveniles, authorities said.
The bus, operated by Party Bus Express New York, was pulled over at Front Street near York Street in Dumbo around 12:30 a.m., after cops were alerted that occupants were posing with firearms and posting the photos on social media, according to police.
The incident comes after the NYPD made a whopping 486 gun arrests in January — 61.5 percent more than January 2020 and more than any other January in the past 25 years, NYPD Deputy Chief Miguel Iglesias said.
The 41 party-bus revelers were taken into custody for questioning and 14 people were arrested — including 11 men and three boys, cops said.
Then several of those busted went for another ride — in chains and handcuffs as they were transported to court later Friday.
All those arrested were charged with criminal possession of a weapon, Iglesias said, adding that of the eight loaded firearms seized, six were 9mm, one was a .380 and one was a .22-caliber.
In total, 58 rounds were recovered, police said.
Youth-coordination officers from the NYPD’s PSA 2 got word about the bus at about 9:10 p.m., Iglesias said.
“They were just doing their duties and they started to hear rumblings about this party bus that was carrying all these guns,” he said. “When we were finally able to catch up with the bus, it was in the area of the 84th Precinct — Downtown Brooklyn.”
In total, 22 adults (13 males and nine females) and 19 juveniles (10 females and nine males) were on the bus, according to police sources.
Police could not immediately say where the group was from or where they were headed.