Yesterday’s search warrant in Santa Rosa’s Roseland neighborhood turned up cocaine, a collection of firearms, and what officers describe as telltale signs of drug sales, according to police. The department’s Special Enforcement Team served the warrant, detained a 29-year-old man, and reported seizing suspected narcotics along with an AK-style Draco rifle, an unserialized Polymer80 “ghost” pistol, firearm conversion parts, and narcotics packaging and scales that investigators say are consistent with sales. Police say the operation was part of an ongoing narcotics investigation.
According to a Bay City News Service report carried by SFGATE, officers served the warrant at about 3:30 PM in the 1200 block of Hearn Avenue. That account notes the sweep authorized searches of the suspect, his vehicle, and his residence, and reports that roughly 1.5 ounces of suspected cocaine were recovered in addition to the firearms.
In a news release, City of Santa Rosa officials add that officers booked an unregistered Glock model 19 9mm, an unregistered Polymer80 9mm, the Draco-style rifle, and parts that included auto-sear reset components and Glock “switches.” The city identified the detained man as 29-year-old Erik Flores and said evidence was seized from his person, vehicle, and residence under the authority of the warrant.
Pattern of ghost-gun and narcotics enforcement
Police in Santa Rosa have repeatedly run into unregistered and homemade firearms in recent cases, and local coverage has traced a steady uptick in ghost-gun enforcement. Prior operations have turned up 3D printers and Polymer80 parts used to assemble unserialized weapons, part of a broader pattern documented by The Press Democrat, which has reported on similar seizures and related narcotics investigations in recent years…