Thursday, January 18, 2018

Joplin Police traffic stop leads to arrest of man on firearms charges

(From the Joplin Police Department)

Incident Spotlight

On Sunday (1/14/2018) at 5:08 p.m. an officer stopped a gold Honda Accord at 17/ Connor. 

The female passenger attempted to exit the vehicle and the driver was moving around in the vehicle. Other officers arrived and four occupants in the vehicle were detained. 

A K9 alerted to the vehicle, allowing a search to be conducted. A small amount of marijuana was located along with officers locating an illegally altered .410 gauge single barrel shotgun. The barrel had been sawed off, the stock cut off and the serial number had been ground off. 

The 30-year-old male driver was arrested for being in possession of a defaced firearm and an illegally altered firearm. Good work by our officers in removing an illegally altered firearm from a residential neighborhood.

No comments:

Post a Comment