洛杉磯豪宅區驚現「軍火庫」，女富豪家裡藏匿1000多支槍

More than 1,000 guns seized at posh Los Angeles mansion

洛杉磯豪宅查獲1000多支槍支

來源：法新社 翻譯：世界播

A weapons cache of more than 1,000 firearms and ammunition was seized in a raid on a multimillion-dollar mansion in an upmarket neighborhood of Los Angeles, law enforcement authorities said Thursday.

執法部門周四時表示，在對洛杉磯高檔社區一棟價值數百萬美元的豪宅的緊急搜查中，警方繳獲了1000多件槍支彈藥。

The seizure came following an anonymous tip that firearms were being sold illegally out of the home, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) said.

美國煙酒槍械及爆裂物管理局表示，警方接到匿名舉報，稱有人在家中非法出售槍支。

The house, which is mostly hidden from the street by high hedges, is located in the exclusive Holmby Hills area of Los Angeles, near the famed Playboy Mansion and less than a mile from the home of music industry power couple Jay-Z and Beyonce.

這所房子大部分被高高的樹籬遮擋，遠離街道，坐落在洛杉磯獨一無二的霍爾姆比山莊園地區，靠近著名的花花公子大廈，距離音樂行業巨星Jay-Z和碧昂絲的家不到一英里。

A law enforcement source said the home belongs to Cynthia Beck, who has three children with Gordon Getty, the son of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty.

一位執法部門的消息人士表示，這棟房子登記在辛西婭?貝克名下，她與石油大亨保羅?格蒂的兒子戈登?格蒂有三個孩子。

Beck reportedly has had a longtime relationship with Girard Damien Saenz, the man who amassed the weapons and who was arrested at the home on suspicion of possessing, selling and manufacturing assault weapons.

據報道，貝克與傑拉德?薩恩斯有著長期的合作關係。此人是收集這些武器的人，他因涉嫌持有、銷售和製造攻擊性武器而在家中被捕。

Saenz, 57, who has not yet been formally charged, was released Thursday morning on $50,000 bail.

現年57歲的薩恩斯目前還沒有被正式起訴。周四上午，他花了5萬美元保釋出獄。

Video footage taken by local television stations showed Los Angeles police officers and ATF agents inspecting large piles of handguns and rifles outside the house.

當地電視台拍攝的視頻顯示，洛杉磯警察和ATF特工正在檢查堆放在屋外的大量手槍和步槍。

Photos taken at the scene also showed boxes of ammunition stacked on a table inside the large house, which was cluttered with the weapons.

現場拍攝的照片還顯示，這座大房子里的桌子上堆放著一箱箱彈藥，房子裡面堆滿了武器。

The local ABC news station said some of the guns were modern while others dated back 50 years or more. A few were even collectibles from the Civil War, it said.

當地的ABC新聞電台報道稱，一些槍支還很新，是近幾年才出的，而另一些槍支的歷史則可以追溯到50年前或更早。其中一些甚至是內戰時期的收藏品。

Ginger Cobrun, a spokeswoman for the ATF, said that Saenz had a collector』s license but such a license does not allow a person to deal in firearms.

ATF的發言人金格?科布倫表示，儘管薩恩斯持有武器槍支收藏者執照，但這樣的執照不允許任何人從事槍支販賣。

She said investigators are still processing the evidence before deciding what charges to file and whether they will be at the state or federal level.

她還透露稱，調查人員仍在對證據進行分析處理，然後再決定要提出哪些指控，以及這些指控是屬於州一級還是聯邦一級。

「We will be tracing all the firearms to find out where they were purchased and who they were purchased by originally,」 she said. 「We will also be using ballistics to determine if some of the guns were used in crime.」

她表示：「我們將追查所有的槍支，找出它們是在哪裡購買的，最初是誰購買的。我們還將使用彈道學來確定其中一些槍支是否用於犯罪。」

Los Angeles police lieutenant Chris Ramirez told reporters at the scene that it was 「beyond comprehension」 for someone to have so many weapons, especially in such a posh neighborhood.

洛杉磯警察中尉克里斯?拉米雷斯在現場對記者說，一個人擁有這麼多武器「令人難以理解」，尤其是在這樣一個高檔社區。

「I』ve never seen so many weapons in my career of 31 years,」 he said. 「It』s kind of astounding.」

他說：「在我31年的職業生涯中，我從未見過這麼多武器，這真是令人震驚。」

Authorities said it took some 30 law enforcement officers more than 15 hours — beginning at 4 a.m. on Wednesday — to clear the house and remove the weapons.

有關當局表示，從周三凌晨4點開始，大約30名執法人員花了15個多小時才清理出房子里所有的武器，然後才將其統一運走。

「Pursuant to an anonymous tip, ATF and LAPD became aware of an individual conducting illegal firearms (transactions) outside the scope of the federal firearm license that the individual possesses,」 Cobrun said, adding that there was no reason to 「believe the public is in any danger.」

科布倫指出：「根據一份匿名的舉報，ATF和洛杉磯警察局發現了一個在公民所擁有的聯邦槍支許可證範圍之外從事非法槍支交易的人。」不過，科布倫補充道，這些武器「並不會對民眾的安全造成威脅」。

Beck, who is said to be living in Europe, could not be reached for comment.

記者無法聯繫到貝克置評。據稱，貝克目前居住在歐洲。

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