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Their 2008 Mazda was swerving on southbound Route 17 when Officer Matthew Orefice stopped it near Linwood Avenue, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said.
The vehicle also had extremely "over-tinted" windows, the chief added.
Officers Cesar Hurtado and Officer Ryan Hayo joined Orefice, who learned that the driver, Jeremis Salazar Rivera, 19, of Reading, PA didn't have a license, Ehrenberg said.
A consented search of the vehicle turned up a dissembled Glock 9mm handgun that didn't have a serial number, along with a 15-round magazine and 36 hollow points, he said.
Rivera and his passenger, Jorge Torres Maldonado, 21, of Brooklyn were arrested on illegal weapons and ammo charges following the 1:30 a.m. stop last Thursday, March 10, Ehrenberg said.
They were processed at headquarters before being sent to the Bergen County Jail, where they remained Monday pending court action.
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