Weapons Cache Seized In Brooklyn, Police Say

Police confiscated a large mortar shell, an AK-47 assault rifle, and four handguns during a drug raid yesterday in Brooklyn.

The weapons were found at 1:35 a.m. inside an apartment belonging to Christopher Ocera in the Sheepshead Bay section of Brooklyn after police entered the home with a search warrant, police officials said.

Mr. Ocera, 42, was charged with eight counts of criminal possession of a weapon and resisting arrest, while another suspect, Danny Dispigno, 28, was booked for assault, police said.