Rhode Island State Police said Friday that they charged a Providence man with several gun and drug charges.
State police said they executed a search warrant at a Beacon Avenue address on Wednesday as part of an investigation.
Members of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force seized guns, ammunition and drugs.
“Specifically, members of the HIDTA Task Force seized a short-barreled, ghost .556 caliber assault rifle which had been altered in an attempt to have the rifle be capable of shooting fully automatic gunfire,” state police said in a release…