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Pistol disguised as toy Nerf gun

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Officials in North Carolina are reporting that they discovered a Glock-19 pistol with a 50-round drum that was painted to look like a Nerf gun.

The discovery was made in Catawba County during a drug raid.

The Catawba County Sheriff’s Office say they raided a home on March 17th after they received video evidence that the was involved in a narcotics operation. Authorities say they found cocaine, mushrooms, marijuana, $2,300, a “converted Glock model 19 pistol with a fifty round drum magazine had been altered to resemble a toy Nerf gun,” and 19 firearms consisting of pistols, rifles and shotguns inside the home.

“Firearms of this type, while not illegal to possess, are concerning to law enforcement,” the sheriff’s office said in a press release. “Firearms, in general, are commonly seized in conjunction with searches were felony amounts of narcotics are present.”

Authorities arrested 35-year-old Damien Alonzo Burh during the operation. He is now facing several charges including possession of cocaine, marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms.