Metro recovers about 600 birds while serving warrant for illegal rooster fighting
Officials are seen removing a bird in cage at a residence in the 4700 block of Stanley Avenue near Marion Drive in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, where Metro police served a search warrant recovering birds involved in illegal rooster fighting. (Richard Brian/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow @vegasphotograph
Birds are seen in boxes and cages in the backyard of a residence in the 4700 block of Stanley Avenue near Marion Drive in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, where Metro police served a search warrant recovering birds involved in illegal rooster fighting. (Richard Brian/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow @vegasphotograph
A view of the backyard of a residence in the 4700 block of Stanley Avenue near Marion Drive in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, where Metro police served a search warrant recovering birds involved in illegal rooster fighting. (Richard Brian/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow @vegasphotograph
Officials are seen removing birds in boxes at a residence in the 4700 block of Stanley Avenue near Marion Drive in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, where Metro police served a search warrant recovering birds involved in illegal rooster fighting. (Richard Brian/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow @vegasphotograph
Officials are seen removing birds in boxes at a residence in the 4700 block of Stanley Avenue near Marion Drive in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, where Metro police served a search warrant recovering birds involved in illegal rooster fighting. (Richard Brian/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow @vegasphotograph
Officials are seen removing birds in boxes at a residence in the 4700 block of Stanley Avenue near Marion Drive in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, where Metro police served a search warrant recovering birds involved in illegal rooster fighting. (Richard Brian/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow @vegasphotograph
Officials put a captured bird in box at a residence in the 4700 block of Stanley Avenue near Marion Drive in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, where Metro police served a search warrant recovering birds involved in illegal rooster fighting. (Richard Brian/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow @vegasphotograph
Birds are seen in cages and boxes at a residence in the 4700 block of Stanley Avenue near Marion Drive in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, where Metro police served a search warrant recovering birds involved in illegal rooster fighting. Richard Brian/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @vegasphotograph
Officials are seen removing birds in boxes at a residence in the 4700 block of Stanley Avenue near Marion Drive in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, where Metro police served a search warrant recovering birds involved in illegal rooster fighting. Richard Brian/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @vegasphotograph
The Metropolitan Police Department served a search warrant for illegal rooster fighting and recovered about 600 birds at two eastern valley residences Wednesday afternoon.
In a statement, police said two suspects are in custody, They added that detectives were recovering the birds from residences in the 4700 block of Stanley Avenue, near East Owens Avenue.
No further details were available.
Contact Christian Bertolaccini at cbertolaccini@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0381. Follow @bertolaccinic on Twitter.
