Drugs, gun, ammo seized in Berkeley bust

Berkeley police seized a trove of weapons, drugs and cash during a bust Sunday, officials said. Berkeley police seized a trove of weapons, drugs and cash during a bust Sunday, officials said. Photo: Berkeley Police Department / / Photo: Berkeley Police Department / / Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Drugs, gun, ammo seized in Berkeley bust 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

Berkeley police recovered a cache of weapons, ammunition, drugs, and materials used to make fake credit cards while investigating a car break-in on Sunday morning, officials said.

The operation started around 5:25 a.m. as police responded to reports of a possible auto burglary in progress at Durant and Telegraph avenues, officials said.

When officers got to the intersection, they approached three people in a parked BMW. One of the passengers turned out to be 35-year-old Oakland resident Steven Manning, who had $50,000 in outstanding arrest warrants, police said.

Police said Manning was in possession of $2,000 cash and what they suspect is heroin.

The front passenger in the car, 32-year-old Oakland resident Meredith Rains, also had a warrant for her arrest, police said. When officers pulled her out of the car, they said they found methamphetamine on the floor.

The person in the backseat of the car was later identified as 46-year-old Rakim Washington of Berkeley. Police said he initially gave them a fake name.

Police searched the car and found a digital scale with suspected methamphetamine and marijuana residue on it.

All three suspects were booked in jail in Berkeley.

Officials later secured a search warrant for Manning’s home where they said they recovered more than 1,000 pills consisting of five different drugs, packaging materials for drugs, narcotics scales, a loaded AR-15 assault pistol without a serial number, ammunition, a credit card embossing machine, a card reader and card stock.

Evan Sernoffsky is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: esernoffsky@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @EvanSernoffsky