A correction to this article has been appended to the end of the article.
San Jose police arrested a suspect who they said was engaged in illegal gun sales, seizing dozens of firearms in multiple searches.
Officers first discovered evidence related to possible illegal gun sales during a January traffic stop. Police said in a news release Wednesday that during the “proactive” stop, they found guns that the suspect was illegally selling. Authorities said there were minors in the suspect’s car while he was transporting the guns.
Police said that investigators eventually identified a 23-year-old San Jose man as a suspect in the gun sales; their Gun and Hazardous Offender Suppression Team obtained search and arrest warrants for his arrest and secured a Gun Violence Restraining Order to seize the suspect’s personal, legally owned firearms.
On April 25, authorities executed a search warrant for a residence on the 1700 block of Cortez Avenue in San Jose, where they found and arrested the 23-year-old suspect. Police said they found 19 firearms, thousands of rounds of ammunitions, explosive material and firearm accessories. Police also searched a second residence they identified as being related to the investigation in San Benito County, where they found 17 guns.
Police said that their seizures included six privately made firearms and one assault weapon.
The suspect was arrested and booked into Santa Clara County Main Jail on suspicion of charges related to possession of illegal guns, possession of an assault weapon and child endangerment, police said.
Police did not identify the suspect from the January traffic stop or release information about that person’s custody status.
May 8, 2024 An earlier version of this article incorrectly reported that one suspect had been stopped by police in January, then arrested in April. The person detained by police in January was not the same person as the 23-year-old San Jose man arrested in April.
