Pointing Wednesday to tables of firearms seized by law enforcement officials, Mayor Eric Adams noted some of the deadlier aspects of the weapons.

“The one here has a silencer,” he said. “This one has a silencer as well. These extended magazines that could have multiple shots at any time. We have one here with a scope on top of it.”

At a news conference that featured city, state and federal law enforcement officers, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a 123-count indictment against three defendants who allegedly trafficked guns and drugs in and around the five boroughs.

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  • At a news conference that featured city, state and federal law enforcement officers, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a 123-count indictment against three defendants who allegedly trafficked guns and drugs in and around the five boroughs

  • Law enforcement recovered 19 firearms, including 12 ghost guns and AR-15-style weapons, James said

  • Officials also recovered a half kilogram of cocaine

  • Mayor Eric Adams and other officials called on the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to revoke the firearm license of Polymer80, a Nevada-based company that produced some of the parts of the confiscated weapons

“We recovered 19 firearms, 12 of which are ghost guns, and as you can see, many of them are AR-15-style assault weapons,” James said. “We also recovered six high-capacity magazines and more than half a kilogram of cocaine with a street value of $25,000.”

Officials said the guns originated in Massachusetts.

Adams noted that no firearm is legally manufactured in New York.

And James acknowledged how untraceable guns limit law enforcement officers.

“We cannot trace to see whether they’re involved in any other crimes,” she said.

The charges announced Wednesday included criminal sale and criminal possession counts.

New York leaders are also working to reverse the proliferation of ghost guns by targeting manufacturers.

The attorney general ticked off 10 companies she has secured injunctions against.

And in his remarks, Steven Nigrelli — the acting superintendent of the New York State Police — issued a reminder of each firearm’s real capacity.

“If you at these guns, don’t look at them as a firearm,” he said. “Look at them as a device that ends a life, that ruins a family, that ruins potential. It’s a sad state that we’re in right now as a country.”

Some of the firearms seized in the bust contain components manufactured by Polymer80.

The mayor and others have called on the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to revoke the company’s firearms license.