A traffic stop outside the Motel 6 on Hawthorne Avenue NE in Salem turned into a full-blown weapons seizure Thursday, after Marion County Sheriff’s deputies say they spotted a handgun tucked under a car’s passenger seat and ended up pulling multiple loaded firearms from the vehicle. Photos posted by the agency show deputies laying out guns, magazines, extra ammunition and a ballistic vest in the parking lot as they moved quickly to secure what they described as a potential threat to the public. Two people were arrested on firearms-related charges at the scene.
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