By Associated Press - Saturday, December 31, 2016

BLADES, Del. (AP) - State police say two people were arrested in a raid of a home where police believe guns were being sold illegally.

Police say troopers on an investigative team searched the home in Blades on Thursday. A woman was arrested there and another man was arrested later after he showed up at a police station in an unrelated matter.

Police say they seized two handguns, five assault weapons, four shotguns, two hunting rifles and more than 9,000 rounds of ammunition.



Thirty-nine-year-old Dina Watkins was charged with numerous gun charges. Sixty-three-year-old John Phifer also faces gun charges. It was not clear whether the two people had attorneys.

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