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Nearly 3k Rounds Of Ammo, Gun Found In Car During Traffic Stop In Stockton

STOCKTON (CBS13) – Two people were arrested after officers conducting a traffic stop overnight located a handgun and nearly 3,000 rounds of ammunition inside a vehicle, the Stockton Police Department said on Wednesday.

Reason Reason, 34, and Lanisha Gansah, 35, face charges of resisting arrest and other weapons-related charges.

Just after 2:30 a.m., officers pulled a vehicle over in the area of Wilson Way and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

Stockton police said the pair exited the car and consented to a search of the vehicle, but noticed the passenger reenter the car and reach toward the center console.

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After removing the passenger from the vehicle, police said they located the gun near the rear passenger seat. Inside the trunk, officers also found 2,800 rounds of ammo.

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