3 Bay Area men arrested in connection with brazen heist at NorCal gun store, police say

AUBURN, Calif. (KGO) -- Police have arrested three Bay Area men in connection with a brazen heist at a gun store near Auburn in Northern California.

Surveillance video shows one of the men using a power tool to cut a hole through a wall to get into the gun store in the town of Newcastle.

Police say the man from San Rafael loaded up 73 handguns into duffle bags.

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The man was later arrested in possession of several stolen handguns.

Two other men from Vallejo were also arrested for the break-in.