Tampa Traffic Stop Busts Felon With Gun Stash And Body Armor, Deputies Say

What started as a routine traffic stop in Tampa ended with Hillsborough County detectives hauling away a small arsenal and a bullet-resistant vest from a North Armenia Avenue home, and a 25-year-old man in handcuffs.

Deputies say 25-year-old Carnel Daniels was arrested Thursday after members of the Sheriff’s Office Strategic Gun Intelligence Unit pulled him over, then used that stop to secure a search warrant for his residence. Inside, investigators reported finding five firearms, ammunition, a bullet-resistant vest with steel plates, a crossbow and a pepper-ball gun. Daniels now faces a stack of weapons-related charges.

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