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Traffic Stop Leads Elmwood Park Police To Illegal Gun, Pot, $16,570 In Suspected Drug Cash
Elmwood Park police seized a loaded handgun with a high-capacity magazine, $16,570 in cash and a half-pound of pot from a driver after an officer smelled raw marijuana during a local traffic stop.
Officer Eliseo Medrano stopped a 2019 Acura sedan with New York license plates on Beechwood Road shortly before 11 p.m. Sunday, Police Chief Michael Foligno said.
Speaking with driver Jose B. Nunez, 24, of Elmwood Park, the officer smelled something funny, Foligno said.
A search turned up about an ounce and a half of pot, along with $850 in suspected drug cash, the chief said.
That led to a sear…
