( KRON ) – Two men were arrested for drug charges after a traffic stop in San Mateo on Friday.
At 2:50 a.m. on Feb. 2, San Mateo police officers pulled over a silver BWM traveling south on Highway 101. The vehicle was occupied by two men. According to police, the officer was speaking with the driver and noticed a firearm wedged between the driver’s seat and the center console of the car.
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The vehicle’s occupants were removed from the vehicle without incident, police said.
The officers conducted a vehicle search and found narcotics in different locations. Police confirmed the 9mm pistol was loaded.
The driver was identified as 26-year-old Sunnyvale resident, Jose Cruz Narvaez. The passenger was identified as 31-year-old San Mateo resident Carlos Lopez Ramirez.
Narvaez was arrested and booked into the San Mateo County Jail for possession of a controlled substance while armed, carrying a concealed weapon in a vehicle, carrying a loaded firearm in public, possession of a narcotic, and possession of a controlled substance.