Nolan Moore, 34, was arrested on Tuesday, Sept. 24, following the investigation by the Stratford Narcotics Vice and Intel Unit, as well as the Bridgeport Police Task Force and the FBI Safe Streets Task Force, said Stratford Police Capt. Frank Eannotti.
During the execution of the warrant, detectives located marijuana and narcotics packaging, as well as two shotguns and several rounds of ammunition, Eannotti said.
Moore is currently on parole for a previous firearms arrest. In that case, Moore was convicted of sale of an assault weapon and firearms trafficking offenses. As a felon, Moore is prohibited from possessing weapons.
He was recently released from prison for those convictions.
Moore was charged with operating a drug factory, two counts criminal possession of a firearm, criminal possession of ammunition, illegal transfer of a firearm, two counts of weapons in a motor vehicle, improper storage of a firearm and risk of injury to a minor.
He is being held on $500,000 bond.
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