Guns, drugs and nunchuks seized from a speeding felon by the Garden Grove police

Early on Friday morning, Garden Grove Police Officers were conducting speed enforcement in the area of Chapman Ave and Medina Dr. when they noticed a driver exhibiting unsafe speed.

A vehicle stop was conducted and the driver was found to have a suspended license. As the police officers inventoried the car, incidental to a suspended license tow, they located 3.7 grams of cocaine.

A further search of the car, yield an unregistered and un-serialized AR-15, a Smith & Wesson 500 Magnum, high-capacity magazine, ammunition and nunchucks.

The driver was also later found to be a convicted felon, prohibited from possessing any of the items.

The driver was arrested and later booked into the Orange County Jail.

Art Pedroza Editor

Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

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