PHOENIX - Authorities say 400 pounds of marijuana and dozens of AK-47 rifles were discovered after officers responded to a call of a possible fight in Phoenix early Wednesday.
According to Phoenix Police Sgt. Steve Martos, officers responded to a home near Indian School Road and 27th Street just after 4 a.m. where they found a broken arcadia door. When officers went inside to check on the occupants they found the home empty, but did locate 100 pounds of marijuana and blood stains on the floor.
Drug Enforcement detectives executed a search warrant at the home and found what they believed to be a home invasion/drug ripoff, according to Martos. A police Home Invasion Kidnapping Enforcement team was called to the scene to assist in the investigation.
Martos said detectives developed information leading them to a second home, located near 113th Avenue and Sells Drive, where another search warrant was executed and another 300 pounds of marijuana was discovered.
Detectives continued to follow leads and developed information on a third locations, in the 11200 block of West Calle de la Luna, where a search warrant uncovered a large cache of weapons in shipping boxes along with a large quantity of gun magazines inside the residence, according to Martos.
During the investigation detectives from the Drug Enforcement Bureau and H.I.K.E. seized 49 AK-47s, six large totes bins full of AK-47 banana clips, 400 pounds of marijuana, two handguns, and three vehicles.
Four suspects were arrested during the investigation: Victor Vazquez-Venegas, 25; Juan Carlos Rodriguez, 27; Jorge Armando Valenzuela Hurtado, 27; and Manuel Trinidad Casinova-Lopez, 25.
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