{"id":376201,"date":"2026-06-26T19:29:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T19:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/376201\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T19:29:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T19:29:12","slug":"huge-gun-bust-after-rifle-with-drum-mag-found-during-traffic-stop-in-fresno-co","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/376201\/","title":{"rendered":"Huge gun bust after rifle with drum mag found during traffic stop in Fresno Co"},"content":{"rendered":"

FRESNO CO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 A Cutler man is facing multiple felony charges after investigators seized more than two dozen illegal guns during a search of his home.<\/p>\n

The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office says their Multi-Agency Gang Enforcement Consortium (M.A.G.E.C.), detectives arrested 31-year-old Cristian Nunez following a traffic stop on American Avenue north of Orange Cove.<\/p>\n

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Huge gun bust after rifle with drum mag found during traffic stop in Fresno Co (Photo: Fresno County Sheriff’s Office)<\/p>\n

During the stop, deputies saw an AR-15 rifle with a drum magazine inside the vehicle sitting on the seat.<\/p>\n

Investigators also found an illegal aftermarket device designed to increase the rifle’s rate of fire.<\/p>\n

[RELATED] Woman shot multiple times in southeast Fresno neighborhood<\/a><\/p>\n

Detectives later served a search warrant at Nunez’s home in Cutler, where they recovered more than 25 illegal firearms.<\/p>\n

One of the gun looks to be a large machine gun attached to a tripod.<\/p>\n

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Huge gun bust after rifle with drum mag found during traffic stop in Fresno Co (Photo: Fresno County Sheriff’s Office)<\/p>\n

Nunez was booked into the Fresno County Jail on weapons-related charges and is being held on $200,000 bail.<\/p>\n

Authorities say additional felony charges are expected as the investigation continues.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office at (559) 600-3111, or Crime Stoppers at (559) 498-7867.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO CO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 A Cutler man is facing multiple felony charges after investigators seized more than…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-376201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376201","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=376201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}