Berkeley Police: 3 Pounds Of Marijuana, Concealed Firearm Found In Traffic Stop; 2 Arrested
BERKELEY (BCN) -- Police in Berkeley on Tuesday arrested a man and woman on suspicion of several crimes following a traffic stop.
On Tuesday at 11:07 p.m., an officer with the Berkeley Police Department noticed a vehicle with its headlights off and engine running that was stopped in the middle of 62nd Street just east of Martin Luther King Jr. Way.
The officer drove up to the vehicle and contacted the occupants.
During the contact, the officer could smell alcohol and marijuana coming from within the vehicle, police said.
The officer noticed a rear passenger had two open cans of beer, and when the officer searched the vehicle, the officer discovered a handgun, Xanax, a digital scale and more than three pounds of marijuana.
The driver of the vehicle, a 22-year-old man from San Gabriel, and the passenger, a 25-year-old woman from Alameda, were arrested on suspicion of carrying a concealed firearm, possession of a controlled substance and possession of marijuana for sale, police said.
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