Police seize firearms, fentanyl pills, and cash during Indy raid
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Detectives from the Indiana Crime Guns Task Force seized multiple firearms and machine gun conversion devices last week in a house raid, with one suspect taken into custody.
Anthony Bartres-Abarca, 28, was arrested on Sept. 7 by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department after officers obtained a search warrant for his home in the 1200 block of Worcester Avenue and his car. That’s a residential area near Southeastern Avenue and Emerson Avenue, just east of Irvington.
Upon searching the house detectives seized the following items:
- 25 handguns
- five rifles
- five machine gun conversion devices
- $18,928 in US currency
- 6,000 grams of fentanyl pills
- 300 grams of marijuana
An IMPD SWAT team detained Bartres-Abarca later that day a short distance from his residence. Detectives found on his person a firearm and fentanyl pills.
Bartres-Abarca was arrested on preliminary charges of dealing with a narcotic drug and possession of a machine gun. The Marion County Prosecutor’s Office will make the final charging decision.
“A charge is merely an accusation. Batres-Abarca should be considered innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law,” according to IMPD.