18-year-old arrested for allegedly 3D-printing, selling ghost guns out of his San Jose home

Police arrested an 18-year-old San Jose resident for allegedly utilizing a 3D printer to fabricate unlawful “ghost gun” firearms on the market.

San Jose police mentioned it acquired a tip on Jan. 12 in regards to the manufacturing and sale of privately made firearms – generally referred to as ghost weapons – within the metropolis, and the investigation centered on Francisco Sanchez Jr. as the first suspect.

It was found that Sanchez was allegedly utilizing a 3D printer to fabricate ghost weapons at his residence on the 1600 block of Nickel Avenue within the West Evergreen neighborhood of East San Jose.

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On Feb. 15, the division’s gang and particular operations models served warrants at Sanchez’s residence and arrested him. Detectives seize two firearms, firearm manufacturing precursor supplies, and the 3D printing machine used to create the ghost weapons, police mentioned.

Sanchez was booked into Santa Clara County Most important Jail for unlawful firearm manufacturing and sale of un-serialized firearms.

Police requested anybody with details about the case or related circumstances to contact Detective Peterson #4250 of the San José Police Division GHOST Unit by way of electronic mail: [email protected] or 408-537-3835.