Cops Arrest Two With Huge Arsenal Of Weapons Including Hunting Knives, Rifles & Machine Gun

Officers from the NYPD’s 62nd Precinct and the NYPD Intelligence Bureau arrested two men in possession of a Thompson submachine gun and a cache of other weapons Thursday.

After investigating a tip, police were issued a search warrant for a Gravesend apartment, located on West 13th Street near Highlawn Avenue.

When they entered the residence on August 6, at 5:20pm, cops found Christopher Alvino, 71, and August Chinnici, 52, in possession of a huge stash of illegal firearms and heroin, including:

• A Thompson submachine gun
• A Remington Model 700 rifle
• A Ruger Old Army revolver
• A Desert Eagle semiautomatic pistol
• A Bruni 8mm semiautomatic pistol
• Four starter pistols
• A starter rifle
• Three hunting knives
• More than 40 glassines of heroin
• Ammunition

Both men were charged with criminal possession of a weapon in 3rd and 4th degree, as well as criminal possession of a controlled substance.

The 62nd Precinct tweeted out their own closeup of the arsenal early Friday morning: