OAKLAND — Federal and Oakland police officials on Wednesday were investigating the thefts of more than 230 guns that have been stolen from at least a dozen licensed firearms dealers in the Sacramento area, officials said Wednesday.

“Basically, we had an enforcement operation with Oakland police, and there was a vehicle at that location on the premises linked with one of the burglaries,” said Helen Dunkel, spokeswoman for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. “I can tell you some firearms have been recovered, and some arrests have been made.”

Dunkel said the investigation will continue.

An SUV linked to the smash-and-grab burglaries of two gun stores in the Sacramento area early Wednesday morning was later towed away near the scene of the investigation.

Agents from the ATF were at an apartment building near 68th Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard and some street access was blocked for most of the afternoon.

But as of 5 p.m., police had released no details about any arrests or recovered stolen weapons.

The gun shops, in Rocklin and Folsom, were reportedly targeted by suspects with Oakland ties. Authorities had issued an alert to watch for the suspects’ black Honda CRV, with California license plate 6VCB742 — the same vehicle at the investigation scene in East Oakland on Wednesday afternoon.

The Rocklin Armory, on Granite Drive, posted surveillance video of the burglary on its Facebook page showing a black car smashing into the storefront about 4 a.m. The suspect car’s license plate is clearly seen in the surveillance the video.

Four suspects can be seen in the video entering and leaving the gun store, which has photos of the four suspects posted on the Facebook page.

“We reviewed the footage, and saw a black Honda CR-V back into our storefront’s metal gates. They hit it twice, and the second time they knocked it down,” owner Terry Fong said. “They came in here, but we lock all our guns up at night, so they got nothing. They were out of here in a minute and a half.”

Fong, who said he believed the same group might have also hit a Folsom gun store about 45 minutes after they left his store, recalled another nearby firearms vendor hit by thieves in recent months.

“I try being secure as I can and it still doesn’t help,” Fong said of the store he only opened in December. “If they want it, they’re going to get in.”

Shortly before noon Wednesday, Oakland police sent an alert advising of their role assisting the investigation and warning residents to use alternate routes. Officers began reopening the intersection just after 4:45 p.m.

Staff writer Katrina Cameron contributed to this report. Contact George Kelly at 408-859-5180 or follow him at Twitter.com