SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (KNX) – A Simi Valley man was arrested after deputies said he allegedly used a 3D printer in his home to make and distribute machine guns.
On Sept. 9 around 5 p.m., Ventura County Sheriff’s deputies searched the home of 35-year-old Andrew Duran on Rory Lane. The department’s Gun Violence Reduction Program had investigated Duran prior to the search warrant, where they learned Duran was using a 3D printer to “manufacture and distribute firearms and firearm components intended to turn semi-automatic handguns into fully automatic machine guns.”
It was also revealed Duran had a criminal history that banned him from owning and possessing firearms.
“As a result of the search warrant, detectives located and seized multiple 3D printed firearms, firearm components which were intended to turn semi-automatic handguns into fully automatic machine guns and an amount of methamphetamine which was possessed for the purposes of sales,” the department said.
Deputies also found a loaded handgun that had been reported stolen from a residence in Thousand Oaks.
Duran was booked on various firearm and narcotic offenses. Deputies said he was released on $50,000 bail.
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