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Man arrested after police seize more than 1,000 guns from Los Angeles mansion

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WATCH: Thousands of guns were seized and a man was arrested Wednesday after a raid on a mansion in Los Angeles, an amount of weapons one officer said he's never seen before – May 9, 2019

Authorities say they’ve arrested a man after seizing more than 1,000 guns from a mansion in a posh area of Los Angeles.

Police and agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives served a search warrant at around 4 a.m. Wednesday at the home on the border of Bel Air and Holmby Hills, not far from the Playboy Mansion.

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Authorities said they received an anonymous tip regarding illegal firearms sales at a home that records indicate is worth several million dollars.

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Authorities seized stacks of hundreds of rifles and handguns and thousands of rounds of ammunition, along with weapons manufacturing equipment.

Police arrested a man on suspicion of violating a state law that forbids the manufacture and sale of assault weapons and high-powered rifles.

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