New Bedford Police Department seizes “ghost gun,” arrests 39-year old city man

“New Bedford police have arrested a man for being in possession of a “ghost” gun.

On Tuesday, July 12, Ofc. Jonathan Miranda, assigned to the port security unit, received a tip that a man, identified as Nuno Pedrosa, 39, of 1586 Padanaram Avenue, was in possession of a firearm while working on his boat that is tied up to a post at his home.

After running his name, it was found that Pedrosa had six active warrants and was not licensed to carry a firearm. Ofc. Miranda, along with Ofc. Alan Kubik, responded to his residence where they observed Pedrosa on his boat where he was then taken into custody.

During a subsequent investigation, officers found a small open storage compartment with a firearm inside including 13 rounds of 9mm ammunition in it. It was later discovered that the firearm was a ghost gun, which is a privately made firearm that lacks commercially applied serial numbers.

Pedrosa was charged with 6 warrant arrests, carrying a loaded firearm, possessing ammunition, and carrying a large capacity feeding device without a license.” -New Bedford Police Department.