A shoplifting call over roughly $34 in missing merchandise on Alewife Brook Parkway ended with Cambridge police arresting a 52-year-old Somerville man who they say had a loaded handgun, suspected illegal drugs and an outstanding warrant.
Officers identified the suspect as Abdul Ahmed. Police say he was stopped near the business after staff reported the theft, taken into custody without further incident and remains held in connection with the case.
What police say
According to the Cambridge Police Department, officers were called to a business on Alewife Brook Parkway after an employee reported suspected shoplifting. Police say they stopped Ahmed nearby…