Individual facing number of weapon and drug charges after traffic stop in Mount Pearl
On Thursday evening the RNC Weapon and Drug Enforcement Unit and Patrol Services completed a traffic safety stop on a vehicle on Pitts Memorial Drive in Mount Pearl.
The 22-year-old passenger was arrested for firearms offences. A subsequent search of the vehicle yielded loaded firearms, drugs, and cash.
The 22-year-old male was taken to the St. John’s lockup and charged with careless use or storage of a firearm, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, unauthorized possession of a firearm, possession of a firearm knowing its possession is unauthorized, unauthorized possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle, possession of a restricted firearm with ammunition, possession of a firearm contrary to an order, breach of a release order, and possession for the purpose of trafficking cocaine.
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