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140th Gun Seized In Paterson This Year: Driver With Canada Plates Had Loaded Pistol, Police Say

A driver with Canadian license plates on his vehicle was carrying the 140th gun seized by Paterson police on the street this year, authorities said Thursday.

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Detectives Mohammad Bashir and Yamil Pimienta were moving a group that was loitering at the corner of 10th Avenue and East 28th Street around 10:15 p.m. Wednesday when they noticed a double-parked blue Jeep blocking traffic.

The detectives approached Terrell Johnson, 29, of Newark and found him carrying a loaded 9mm Luger, city Police Director Jerry Speziale said.

The detectives arrested Luger, who was sent to the Passaic County Jail to await a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Paterson on weapons offenses, Speziale said.

At this rate, the department would seize a total of 190 guns in 2020.

The Luger was being submitted to the New Jersey State Police Laboratory for ballistics testing.

ALSO SEE: Paterson police seized a pair of loaded guns barely an hour and a dozen blocks apart.

https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/southpassaic/police-fire/paterson-police-seize-loaded-handgun-shotgun-blocks-apart/794892/

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