In a recent encounter that escalated beyond a casual check, San Mateo Police detained a 17-year-old from South San Francisco for gun and drug offenses. According to the San Mateo Police Department’s social media post, at around 6:09 PM on Sunday, officers approached a group that included the juvenile and an adult on the 400 block of Rogell Avenue.
During the interaction, police found loose marijuana in plain view within a vehicle linked to the juvenile. The discovery, compounded with the strong scent of marijuana surrounding the scene, prompted a thorough search of the car. Officers quickly uncovered more than just cannabis; two pistols, one concealed and unregistered, the other stolen, were found alongside packaging materials, a digital scale, and over six hundred dollars in cash…