Special agents from the California Department of Justice on Oct. 3 raided the home of a San Luis Obispo man who advertises the sale of parts for Russian assault weapons. The state charged the suspect with 22 gun-related felony counts, according to California Attorney General Rob Bonta.

Dylan Hardy is the owner of AK Collector’s Source, “the premier supplier of U.S. made side optic rails and other sought-after accessories for Kalashnikov rifles,” according to his company’s Instagram site. Hardy opened his business in 2019, two years after graduating from Cal Poly with a bachelor’s degree in industrial technology, according to Hardy’s LinkedIn page.

During the search of Hardy’s house, special agents found a large cache of illegal ghost guns, ghost gun kits, assault weapons, machine guns and ammunition. Investigators accuse Hardy of using cut-up machine gun parts ordered from Russia to create illegal ghost guns — or unserialized and untraceable firearms — at his residence in San Luis Obispo.