{"id":201296,"date":"2026-03-03T00:06:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T00:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/201296\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T00:06:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T00:06:33","slug":"massive-gun-drug-bust-in-sf-follows-identity-theft-investigation-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/201296\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive Gun, Drug Bust In SF Follows Identity Theft Investigation: Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN FRANCISCO, CA \u2014 A narcotics arrest in Daly City quickly escalated into a major investigation, culminating in the seizure of approximately 11 guns, including multiple 3D-printed weapons, and the arrest of four people in San Francisco, police announced Friday.<\/p>\n<p>At around 4 p.m. on Feb. 16, officers said they received a call about someone using drugs in a Daly City shopping center parking lot. <\/p>\n<p>Police said they found a 42-year-old man inside a car and arrested him for possession of various controlled substances.<\/p>\n<p>A further investigation into the suspect\u2019s car revealed it had been fraudulently purchased using the registered owner&#8217;s identity, police said. This finding allowed detectives to identify a suspect and link the identity theft and fraud case to a residence in San Francisco, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Detectives secured an arrest warrant for fraud and a search warrant for the San Francisco residence. <\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, investigators said they served the warrant and found drugs, guns, and firearm manufacturing equipment, including a 3D printer. Police seized 11 guns, among them several 3D-printed firearms and rifle components.<\/p>\n<p>Four individuals present at the scene were arrested and booked into county jail in connection with the operation. <\/p>\n<p>The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN FRANCISCO, CA \u2014 A narcotics arrest in Daly City quickly escalated into a major investigation, culminating in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201297,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-201296","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco","8":"tag-san-francisco","9":"tag-san-francisco-headlines","10":"tag-san-francisco-news","11":"tag-sf","12":"tag-sf-headlines","13":"tag-sf-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}