Task force arrests two probationers, seize guns and drugs from motel room

Two men on probation for crimes committed in Glendale were arrested Thursday after police reportedly recovered two handguns, heroin, marijuana and 15 fraudulent credit cards in their Sun Valley motel room, police said.

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Glendale’s AB 109 Task Force, created to address the local impact of the state’s criminal realignment law, visited the Willows Motel in Sun Valley Thursday morning looking for Hovek Arzooian, 33, after a no-bail warrant was issued for his arrest for failing to report to his probation office, said Glendale Police Sgt. Robert Rosas.

A known Armenian Power gang member and former Glendale resident, Arzooian was reportedly on post-release community supervision for his involvement in a commercial burglary in Glendale two years ago.

At the motel, police encountered former Glendale resident, Gabriyel Kechechyan, 30, who was on probation for a Glendale robbery, Rosas said. On Kechechyan, police found the keys to a Toyota Corolla parked outside that had been reported stolen out of North Hollywood earlier this week.

From inside the room, police reportedly seized a loaded .40 caliber handgun without a serial number, along with a .380 semi-automatic handgun, drugs, drug paraphernalia and re-encoded credit cards.

Arzooian’s elderly father was also in the room, but was not arrested.

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Alene Tchekmedyian, alene.tchekmedyian@latimes.com

Twitter: @atchek