Over the weekend, Madera Police made multiple arrests related to firearms, including incidents involving "ghost" handguns. (Instagram/Madera PD)
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Madera police made several arrests and seized multiple firearms over Independence Day weekend.
Officers responded to a report of several people in masks waving a firearm on Country Club Drive near Highway 99.
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Officers found seven people matching the description provided. Two of them had loaded Glock-style “ghost” handguns. A third firearm was found in a vehicle.
Police arrested three people on multiple weapons-related charges and booked them at the Madera County Jail.
In another incident, an officer was patrolling Kennedy Street and Jericho Drive when he tried to stop a boy.
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The boy fled but was quickly apprehended and found to be in possession of a loaded Glock-style “ghost” handgun.
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He was arrested and booked at the Madera County Juvenile Detention Facility on several firearm-related charges.
