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Stolen guns found during traffic stop
Posted: 01.22.2013 at 11:58 AM
Travis Ruiz

Travis Ruiz is the Social Media Manager and Interactive Managing Editor for FOX21 News.com

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COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- Three people were arrested Monday evening after stolen weapons were found during a traffic stop.

At about 10:30 p.m., Monday, police stopped a Maroon Buick sedan at Astrozon Bl and the Hancock Expressway. Police discovered the driver of the car did not have a valid driver's license or insurance.

A search of the vehicle revealed three guns. Two of those guns were reported stolen during recent burglaries, police said. A fourth gun was being carried by one of the vehicle's passengers. It was defaced, police said.

Three of the four people inside the car were arrested on weapons related charged.

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