FONTANA >> A 54-year-old Fontana man was arrested Monday after more than 500 roosters for cockfighting were found at a residential property in the city.

Eugenio Carbonel owned 529 roosters, which were found Monday on a large residential property in the 8400 block of Redwood Avenue in Fontana, according to a news release from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.

After serving a search warrant at the property, the Sheriff’s Rural Crime Task Force found not just roosters but also items for cockfighting, such as metal gaffs, training mitts, veterinary medical supplies, wound treatment medication and fowl transport carriers, according to the task force.

That convinced investigators that there was enough there to believe the roosters were being raised for cockfights.

Carbonel was arrested on suspicion of possession of game birds for fighting. He was booked at West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga.

The investigation was a collaboration among Fontana Sheriff’s Station, Fontana Police Animal Services, San Bernardino County Animal Control, Humane Society of the San Bernardino Valley, San Bernardino County Code Enforcement and San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office.