‘Beyond comprehension’: 1,000 guns seized from mansion in upscale Los Angeles neighbourhood
- Suspect Girard Damien Saenz, 57, arrested and faces a number of weapons-related charges including distributing, transporting and selling assault weapons
- House belongs to Cynthia Beck, who has three children with Gordon Getty, the son of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty
More than 1,000 handguns and rifles have been seized in a raid on a mansion in an upscale neighbourhood in the US city of Los Angeles, law enforcement authorities said.
The weapons seizure came following an anonymous tip that firearms were being sold illegally out of the home, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) said.
The house, which is mostly hidden from the street by high hedges, is located in the exclusive Holmby Hills area of Los Angeles, near the famed Playboy Mansion and the home of power couple Jay-Z and Beyoncé.
The Los Angeles Times said the home belongs to Cynthia Beck, who has three children with Gordon Getty, the son of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty.
Video footage taken by local television stations showed Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers and ATF agents inspecting enormous piles of handguns and rifles on grey tarpaulins outside the home.
“Pursuant to an anonymous tip, ATF and LAPD became aware of an individual conducting illegal firearms [transactions] outside the scope of the federal firearm licence that the individual possesses,” the ATF said in a statement.