BOSTON (WHDH) - Police arrested a man after finding a loaded gun on him and fireworks in his vehicle during a traffic stop early Sunday morning in Boston, officials said.
Officers patrolling Stanton Street just after 4:30 a.m. stopped a car driven by Marco Louis, 29, of Dorchester, for a traffic infraction, police said.
During the stop, officers determined that Louis did not have a valid driver’s license and asked him to step out of the vehicle, officials said. When officers frisked Louis, they allegedly found a loaded 9mm handgun with a defaced serial number in a fanny pack he was wearing.
Officers also found a large number of illegal fireworks in the trunk of the car as it was being towed from the scene, police said.
Louis was charged with carrying a loaded firearm, possession of a firearm, possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number, operating a motor vehicle after revocation/suspension, and unlawful possession of ammunition, police said.
He is scheduled to appear in Dorchester District Court.
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