Police: Gang Members Had Loaded Weapons, Drugs Inside Huntington Home

Photo: (l-r) Wesley Erickson, Andre Knox

Two members of the Old Station Soldiers gang were arrested after police seized cash, several loaded weapons and $3,000 in drugs from a Huntington home Thursday, police said.

Authorities executed a search warrant at 55 Cedar Drive and found:

• A loaded .40 caliber Smith and Wesson semiautomatic handgun
• Cocaine
• Marijuana
• Cash
• Digital scales
• An assortment of drug packaging equipment

Alleged gang member Wesley Erickson, 31, a resident of the home, was arrested and charged with second degree criminal possession of a weapon, two counts of third degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, two counts of third degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, two counts of second degree criminal use of drug paraphernalia and unlawful possession of marijuana.

Authorities also arrested alleged gang member Andre Knox, 37, of Huntington Station, and charged him with third degree criminal sale of a controlled substance.

Both Erickson and Knox will be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on Friday.

The search warrant of the Cedar Drive home was executed by Narcotics Section detectives, Second Precinct Special Operations Team detectives, Criminal Intelligence Bureau detectives, and officers from the Second Precinct Gang Unit, Emergency Service Section and Canine Section.

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