Hakop Nagapetian, 25, and Berg Nagapetian, 23, are brothers whom Glendale police identified as Armenian Power gang members.[1] The brothers were arrested on 17 December 2015 at their father’s residence in the 12000 block of Gilmore Street near Laurel Canyon Boulevard in North Hollywood.[1] They were arrested on suspicion of possessing weapons, concentrated cannabis and the chemicals needed to create the drug.[1] The arrest was made by a task force that checks compliance of lower-level offenders paroled under a law to reduce the state prison population.[1] Hakop Nagapetian was on formal probation in a firearms case and remained in jail on a probation hold, while Berg Nagapetian posted $35,000 bail and was released the night he was arrested.[1]
A search of the Gilmore Street residence revealed a sawed-off shotgun, a handgun, ammunition and AR-15 large-capacity magazines.[1] Officers discovered an elaborate butane honey oil lab, several pounds of marijuana, more than 130 bottles of butane fuel and cooking products, plus a significant amount of concentrated cannabis, packaging and a ledger containing $21,000 in cash.[1] Safes found in bedroom closets contained more than 800 rounds of ammunition.[1]
Authorities also searched a relative’s home in the 12000 block of Oxnard Street near Laurel Canyon Boulevard in North Hollywood and seized high-powered rifles including three assault weapons, two unregistered handguns and a sawed-off shotgun.[1] Both suspects have ties to Glendale and Burbank.[1]
