Liquor store owner arrested after guns, cocaine found in shop

The owner of a Westchester liquor store was arrested over the weekend when two loaded guns and cocaine were found in the shop during a search.

Police filed for a search warrant after receiving a tip that Amir Babiker, the owner of Amir’s Wine & Spirits in New Rochelle was selling cocaine out of the store.

During afternoon search on Oct. 24, detectives discovered a 9mm semi-automatic pistol, a .32-caliber two-shot derringer and approximately 21 grams of packaged cocaine ready for street-level sales, New Rochelle police Captain J. Collins Coyne said in a news release Monday.

Babiker, 28, was charged with felony criminal possession of a controlled substance, criminal possession of a firearm, criminal possession of stolen property and misdemeanor criminal possession of a controlled su