Driver With Ghost Guns In Backpack Arrested After Santa Rosa Traffic Stop
SANTA ROSA (BCN) -- Police arrested a 35-year-old Sebastopol man after finding guns in his backpack Saturday.
In press release issued that same night by the Santa Rosa Police Department, the arrest of Jose Arroyo-Salinas followed a 5:40 p.m. traffic stop by an officer who had observed a vehicle code violation.
While speaking with the driver and Arroyo-Salinas -- a passenger in the vehicle -- the officer noticed an open container of alcohol. A subsequent search of the vehicle found a loaded unregistered and non-serialized gun -- considered a ghost gun, as it is untraceable -- and drug-related paraphernalia in the suspect's backpack, along with $14,700 cash.
The officer also reported finding cocaine and a second ghost gun on the suspect.
Police arrested Arroyo-Salinas on suspicion of multiple offenses, including possession of loaded, unregistered guns, possession of a concealed firearm in a vehicle, and possession of a controlled substance while armed.
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