Five people are facing charges after an FBI tip to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department led to officers finding a stash of illegal weapons.
Channel 9 learned on Friday that CMPD’s Crime Reduction Unit were following up on information from the FBI when they found several people smoking marijuana, and one of them had a concealed weapon.
The officers stopped them on Crescent Springs Drive, which is just northeast of the S. Tryon Street and Carowinds Boulevard intersection. They searched a vehicle and one of the suspect’s homes, and they found a total of nine firearms…