San Diego
Authorities confiscated 13 weapons and arrested one man in a raid on two residences.
The San Diego Police Department gang unit, assisted by officers from the San Diego County Probation Department’s gang suppression unit, served the search warrants Saturday about 8 p.m. at two homes in the 6700 block of Kelly Street.
Alvin Tijerina, 39, was arrested on suspicion of possession of stolen property when officers recovered 12 weapons at his home, including an AK-47 assault rifle, several semiautomatic handguns, two bulletproof vests and a combat-type helmet.
One shotgun was found at the second residence but no arrests were made there, police said.
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