A Beverly Hills safe company was raided by the FBI for allegedly hiding stolen money and guns for criminals

Beverly Hills safe depository suspected of hiding stolen money, drugs. (Fox)

A Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, valuables store was raided last month by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), with FBI officials saying the store allegedly provided criminals with safes to hide guns, drugs and cash.

According to the Los Angeles Times, the store, called US Private Vaults, was raided by the FBI on March 22, where agents seized weapons, fentanyl, OxyContin and other controlled substances, as well as at least one safe containing $1 million in cash. at least one safe containing $1 million in cash.

The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office said the company deliberately marketed its store to criminals, claiming it could hide valuable items and that tax officials would have difficulty finding the items in the safe.

In addition, the DA’s office said one of the owners and the store clerk allegedly sold drugs and helped customers convert cash to gold to help clear their names.

The FBI’s actions, however, drew the ire of the store’s other legitimate customers, who said in court that the FBI should not have opened each safe. Benjamin Gluck, an attorney representing one of the customers, said that just as tenants in an apartment have a right to privacy, so do customers who rent safes.

The prosecutor’s office, for its part, said the search warrant for the raid was approved by a court judge at the time.

The raided valuables store is now closed for business and has an FBI notice on the front door, so customers can go to the FBI website to register for their belongings.