(KRON) — Three men were arrested during a traffic stop in Santa Rosa Friday after police allegedly found a Gucci-inspired handbag containing a ghost gun and fentanyl pills.
The traffic stop occurred after a Santa Rosa Police Department officer saw a car with no front license plate driving near the intersection of B and 3rd streets in Santa Rosa around 11:20 p.m.
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During the stop, the officer allegedly smelled marijuana wafting from the car and saw open containers of marijuana and alcohol in plain sight. Based on the evidence, the officer proceeded to search the car.
“In the backseat of the vehicle was a satchel,” Santa Rosa PD said. “Inside the satchel contained a loaded, unregistered, unserialized 9mm P80 privately made firearm, as well as suspected fentanyl pills.”
After finding the evidence, Santa Rosa PD’s gun-detecting K9 “Ghost” was called to the scene. Ghost allegedly alerted officers to a second gun inside the car’s trunk. The officers proceeded to search the trunk and found a loaded, unregistered, .40 caliber handgun…