'GHOST GUNS & NARCO'
Inside actress bro's 'mad laboratory
Julia Fox’s “mad-scientist brother” was hit with a raft of firearms and drug charges Thursday — as photos from inside his recently raided Manhattan home revealed a chaotic scene of wires, pots, cords and what appeared to be narcotics.
Police arrested Christopher Fox, 30, and his father, Thomas Fox, 65, after they found ghost guns and evidence of narcotics manufacturing in their Upper East Side apartment during the early morning sweep, according to law-enforcement sources. But authorities seemed to focus on the younger Fox, who had the items in his room, the sources said.
Christopher — who was once described by the “Uncut Gems” actress sister as a “mad scientist recluse” — has been charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance, manufacture of a machine gun, manufacture of a rapid-fire modified device, manufacture of a dangerous instrument, criminal possession of a weapon, criminal possession of a firearm and criminal use of drug paraphernalia, according to police.
Christopher looked scraggly in his mug shot, with unkempt hair and stubble. He was arraigned late Thursday and ordered held on $450,000 cash bail.
Pictures from within the home obtained by The Post showed a scrambled collection of pots and wires, while another showed what looked like pill bottles and other paraphernalia.
Christopher was awaiting arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court on Thursday. Thomas has not been charged. Neither has a prior criminal history.
The NYPD’s Ghost Gun Team hit the apartment Wednesday morning as part of a larger investigation, sources told The Post. Inside, they found several of the homemade firearms, which have no traceable serial numbers, as well as 3D-printed parts like lower receivers.
Police seized 3D printers, polymer material, unidentified pills, a pill press, pressure cookers, fentanyl, chloroform, heroin, propane, formaldehyde and materials often used to make explosives, sources said.
Sources said investigators had been tipped off by a series of suspicious online purchases — including chemicals — that were delivered to the East 81st Street pad.
An NYPD spokesperson said the matter was “believed to be contained, with no apparent nexus to terrorism.”
The Italian-born model and actress has spoken before about her dad and brother, with whom she grew up in New York but rarely saw. Fox, 33, rose to fame after her appearance in the 2019 crime thriller “Uncut Gems” and from dating rapper Kanye West.
A source told The Daily Mail that Fox years ago cut ties with her brother and their “insane” dad.