A Manhattan man has been arrested for using 3D printers to run a “ghost gun factory” in his mother’s NYCHA apartment.

A Manhattan man has been charged with using 3D printers to run a “ghost gun factory” in his mother’s NYCHA apartment, Daily News has learned.

Cliffy Thompson, 35, is charged with multiple counts of possession of a weapon and possession of counterfeit tools after police raided Lillian Wold’s NYCHA home on Roosevelt Street in the East Village.

Authorities said police found two 3D printers and “numerous plastic firearm parts” in the apartment that could be used to make unknown weapons.

Cliffy Thompson

“He turned the apartment into a ghost arms factory,” one police source told The News. — Details were all over the apartment.

Homemade ghost pistols and plastic firearms do not have the serial numbers that law enforcement uses to track down their owners.

At least one .22 ghost pistol was found disassembled in a dresser drawer. Other parts of the ghost weapon were found in the kitchen, authorities said.

Police officers searching the home also found multiple bullets of various calibers of ammunition, a ledger with the names of prospects and 36 fake credit cards lying on the bedroom nightstand, Manhattan prosecutors said.

Neighbors saw the police break into the apartment. “They were taking out all sorts of things, I couldn’t tell,” said one of the neighbors.

Told police he found gun parts, neighbor said, “I can’t believe it. I didn’t know it, and now I’m hearing about a ghost weapon – I definitely don’t want to know it.”

The seized ghost weapon is on display at a press conference at the Queens District Attorney's office on December 9, 2021 in Queens.

Another neighbor said police had been monitoring the apartment for more than two days prior to the raid. “They were waiting for him to come home,” the neighbor said.

While the apartment is rented to Thompson’s mother, it’s not clear if she lives there, police sources said.

Thompson was ordered to be held on $150,000 bail during his arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court on Wednesday.

According to a police source, Thompson demanded a lawyer and refused to speak when questioned by detectives. But while he was being held at the 9th Precinct, he was heard telling family members that the police “ransacked my house.”

According to police sources and court documents, he was convicted on weapons possession charges in 2016 and is featured in two unsolved shootings.

An NYPD spokesman said the investigation into Thompson’s activities is ongoing. He may face additional charges in the future.

The arrest comes seven weeks after investigators dismantled another ghost weapon ring, seizing 57 untraceable firearms as well as “mass-killing vehicles” that are equipped to carry up to 100 rounds of ammunition.

Weapons confiscated by the New York Narcotics Task Force during Operation Ghost Runner had 30, 50, or 100-round clips. Others were equipped with rapid-fire modifications or silencers.

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