Stray gunshot through neighbor’s wall leads cops to Brooklyn drug stash house: feds

Talk astir a atrocious shot. A stray slug that punched done a neighbor’s partition led constabulary and the feds to find a suspected Brooklyn cause dealer’s stash of guns, cocaine and cash, prosecutors allege.

Trouble started mounting for 30-year-old Kevin Tapia connected Nov. 17, erstwhile 1 of his Brooklyn neighbors connected the 3rd level of their Bay Ridge flat gathering heard a large sound astir 10:30 p.m.

The 40-year-old neighbour past noticed a spread successful the partition of his flat hallway, which abuts Tapia’s unit, and a slug connected the floor, according to a transgression complaint.

He called 911, and constabulary responded to the building, at Parrott Place adjacent 92nd St., soon afterward.

When the cops arrived, they saw someone, believed to beryllium Tapia, tossing a bundle retired of a window, according to the complaint.

The receipt had Tapia’s sanction connected it, and the bundle held much than a kilo of cocaine, the feds allege.

Tapia past tried to flight down the occurrence flight of the aforesaid window, but fell onto a second-floor landing, wherever adjacent much drugs fell retired of his pocket, the feds allege.

A stray slug that sliced done an flat partition successful Brooklyn led authorities to a stash of guns, ace and cash, according to authorities. (U.S. District Court of Eastern District of New York)

Cops got a hunt warrant and recovered a treasure trove of drugs, guns and ammo, including a duffel container containing an AK-47 firearm and six handguns, each loaded, on with hundreds of bullets; positive a harmless with astir 2 kilos of cocaine, $107,000 currency and 3 handgun magazines.

They besides recovered different 3 kilos of pot, 9 oxycodone pills, 2 cash-counting magazines and a body-armor vest successful the apartment, the ailment alleges.

Police deed Tapia with a slew of authorities charges aft his arrest, including transgression possession of a weapon, cause possession, reckless endangerment and instrumentality weapon possession.

On Thursday, national prosecutors successful Brooklyn stepped in and deed him with national cause and weapon charges, arsenic well.

A national justice connected Friday ordered him held without bail astatine MDC Brooklyn jail.

Tapia’s lawyer didn’t instantly instrumentality a connection seeking comment.