2 brothers found with homemade explosives, ghost guns, "anarchist propaganda" – Queens NY


Police said they obtained a warrant on Jan. 17 and searched their address.

So-called ghost guns [3d printed firearms] can be printed at home using designs found online.

It was the purchase of components for those weapons that alerted the Queens DA's Crime Strategies & Intelligence Bureau to the pair's alleged activity, leading to a six-month investigation, authorities said.

During the January 17 search of the brothers' residence law enforcement found:

  • Eight operational improvised explosive devices (IEDs)
  • One partially constructed trip-wire IED
  • Two loaded AR-15 style assault weapons, each with a detachable magazine, muzzle compensator and threaded barrel
  • Two loaded 9 mm semiautomatic pistols
  • Two loaded 9 mm semiautomatic 3D printed ghost gun pistols
  • One partially constructed AK-47 style firearm
  • Over 600 rounds of ammunition for each of the firearms above
  • One 3D printer
  • Three sets of body armor
  • Six additional AR/pistol lower receivers
  • 29 high-capacity ammunition feeding devices, 13 of which were personally manufactured utilizing a 3D printer
  • Tools to assemble 3d printed firearms
  • Metal knuckles
  • A radio set to the frequency of the 114th Precinct in Astoria
  • Several electronic devices (phones, computer)
  • Numerous notebooks containing instructions on the manufacture of explosive devices and anarchist related propaganda
  • Explosive residue, and components to manufacture additional IEDs
  • Nine pyrotechnic smoke bombs

If convicted of the charges they face, the brothers could each serve 25 years in prison.

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