Several firearms recovered in bust

ALBANY — Albany detectives last week arrested a man they say is responsible for the sale and distribution of firearms and narcotics throughout Albany.

The police Community Response Unit, assisted in the investigation by the state Attorney General’s Organized Crime Task Force in Albany, arrested the 39-year-old after a search warrant was used Wednesday afternoon at two homes on the 100 block of North Allen Street between Lincoln Avenue and West Street.

Detectives said they recovered six loaded handguns, 400 grams of cocaine and hydrocodone pills, Oxycodone pills,

OxyContin pills and ecstasy pills. Firearms recovered were: Two 9mm handguns, a .357 caliber revolver, a .380 caliber handgun, a .22 caliber semi-automatic AR platform pistol and a .40 caliber handgun.

The .357 caliber revolver and .40 caliber handgun were both reported stolen from Richland County, S.C. The .22 caliber pistol was reported stolen out of Columbia, S.C.

Search warrants used at homes on Bradford Street and Judson Street also turned up several rounds of ammunition and firearm supplies.

The suspect is charged with more than a dozen counts of criminal possession of a weapon, three counts of criminal possession of stolen property and two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance.

He was arraigned and jailed.