Dramatic moment Homeland Security agents raid New York squatting home full of eight migrants including attempted murder suspect and seven-year-old child – as cops seize drugs and guns from basement
- Homeland Security agents raided a home in the Bronx where eight migrants had been squatting
- Authorities found weapons and drugs, as well as a seven-year-old child among the Venezuelan migrants
- The eight migrants were previously arrested by NYPD officers and six were released without bail
Homeland Security agents have raided a Bronx basement where migrants squatted with drugs and weapons.
Officers raided the home after NYPD officers arrested eight people yesterday at the home where the illegal activity allegedly took place, but released six of the migrants without bail.
The group of eight migrants from Venezuela were camping in a New York basement when police received a call about a man with a gun near a nearby school.
Video footage of today’s raid showed the migrants being dragged out of the house in handcuffs.
When authorities obtained a search warrant, they found two more loaded guns, three loaded extended magazines, ammunition and a bag of ketamine mixed with cocaine. A seven-year-old boy was also found in the house together with the group of migrants.
Homeland Security agents have raided a Bronx basement where migrants squatted with drugs and weapons
A group of eight migrants from Venezuela were camping in a New York basement when police received a call about a man with a gun near a nearby school.
Authorities subsequently obtained a search warrant and found two more loaded guns, three loaded extended magazines, ammunition and a bag of ketamine mixed with cocaine.
The illegal activity is believed to have been going on for months, across the street from a school, police said FOX news.
Dramatic footage from yesterday’s arrest shows four NYPD officers storming into the basement of a multi-family home and returning with several people in handcuffs.
The raid initially resulted in eight arrests and police suspect that the migrants were illegally squatting in the building.
All eight suspects are charged with weapons, drug and child endangerment. However, all but two were released without bail after the arrest.
One of the migrants had an open case for an attempted murder in Yonkers, according to NYPD Chief John Chell.
Another individual from the group of Venezuelans had an open suitcase because he was walking around with an open firearm.
Police initially discovered the basement-turned-drug den when the migrant spotted him fleeing with a gun just steps away from a school.
Officers chased 24-year-old Hector Desousa Villata to the home on Hull Avenue, where he was arrested along with seven other migrants.
Dramatic footage shows four NYPD officers storming into the basement of a multi-family home and returning with several people in handcuffs
The illegal activity is said to have been going on for months – across the street from a school (one of the migrants was escorted from the premises in handcuffs)
All eight suspects are charged with weapons, drug and child endangerment. However, all but two were released without bail after the arrest (photo: two of the migrants arrested during the raid)
The raid initially resulted in eight arrests and police suspect that the migrants were illegally squatting in the building
Police initially discovered the basement-turned-drug den when the migrant was seen fleeing with a gun just steps away from a school
At the home, 22-year-old Javier Alborno tried to flee with a weapon, but was quickly arrested.
“Two of the people with the guns had open cases, one for an attempted murder in Yonkers, and one had an open gun charge,” said NYPD Chief of Police John Chell.
A neighbor said: ‘They are squatters and the owner has been trying to get them out of the apartment for a long time.
“I think he’s set a court date, apparently because they’ve been squatters for over thirty days. They came, they were a disruptive force, especially because there were many of them. You didn’t know who was staying there, who wasn’t staying there, and the building owner had a hard time getting them out,” said neighbor Alfred Munoz. ABC7.