"The suspect was apprehended Sunday around 8:30 p.m. during a traffic stop in Castroville according to a press release from the Sheriff's Office. A deputy was patrolling near Poole Street and McDougal Street when they noticed a vehicle driving down the middle of the road toward oncoming traffic. The officer stopped the vehicle, which was driven by a female and had a male passenger. Another deputy arrived on scene to assist, alongside his K-9 partner."
"While searching the vehicle, the law enforcement dog discovered a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia. Officers later found the three firearms, one of them, a loaded 1911 A-1 pistol, within arms-reach of the passenger. Two of the apprehended weapons did not have serial numbers. The deputies identified the passenger as 42-year-old Brian Richard Knabb, a convicted felon from Pacific Grove. Sheriff Tina Nieto described the WWII-era firearm in a press release as a weapon of warcapable of firing over 500 rounds per minute."
Monterey County deputies stopped a vehicle in Castroville after observing it driving down the middle of the road toward oncoming traffic. A female driver and a male passenger were in the vehicle when deputies and a K-9 searched it. The K-9 located a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia, and officers later discovered three firearms, including a loaded 1911 A-1 pistol within arm’s reach of the passenger and a WWII-era Type 11 light machine gun. Two weapons lacked serial numbers. Deputies identified the passenger as 42-year-old Brian Richard Knabb, who was booked with bail set at $50,000; the driver was cited and released.
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