INDIANAPOLIS — A 17-year-old is facing drug and weapons charges after IMPD seized 20 machine gun conversion devices from his home.
Because machine conversion devices have become increasingly easy for people to produce on their own, IMPD said the bust illustrates a growing problem and an ongoing public safety fight.
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On Thursday of last week, IMPD arrived at a home on English Oak Drive to serve a search warrant.
Once inside, officers seized two illegally possessed guns, as well marijuana, heroin, 30 THC vape cartridges and most alarming, 20 homemade machine gun conversion devices.
“This is just a new version of the drug trade. It’s just you can’t smoke it or ingest it, but you can put it on your gun to further your criminal enterprise,” said IMPD Lt. Mark Rand.
Rand said machine gun conversion devices, like the ones seized in this case, can be 3D printed and easily installed. That makes them a huge threat to public safety.