St. Tammany ‘Felony Carpool’ Busted With Hot Guns and Burglary Gear

A routine traffic stop in St. Tammany Parish turned into a rolling arrest scene yesterday, when detectives pulled over a red Nissan Versa on Interstate 10 near Oak Harbor and found it loaded with illegal guns, suspected burglary tools and drugs. Inside, deputies say, were four people, two adults and two juveniles, caught during a proactive enforcement operation targeting suspected criminal activity along the I-10 corridor.

According to a post by the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office, deputies recovered four illegal firearms, including a Glock 19 reported stolen out of Jefferson Parish and a .223-style pistol that had been modified to function as an automatic weapon. The haul also included marijuana, a window punch, remote fobs, transponder chips and a key-cloning device, along with ski masks, gloves and goggles…

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